Bank of West Carroll in Liquidation v. Brower

The plaintiff bank and defendant owned brick, buildings on adjoining lots in the town of Forest, West Carroll parish, Louisiana. The plaintiff’s lot is a small one, only twenty by forty feet, situated on the corner of a block. The north and west walls of plaintiff’s building were common or partition walls and were built up as high as the ceilings. They were built strong enough to support the ceiling and roofs of both buildings.

In December, Í922, while the plaintiff bank was in process of liquidation, the ceiling, roofs and all other woodwork of both buildings' were destroyed by fire, but the…