Clary v. Morgan Motor Co.

HALL, Chief Justice.

Appellant Arthur Clary brought this suit against appellee Morgan Motor Company in a district court of Wichita County for damages caused by fire to a truck which he left in appellee’s place of business for repair.

The case was tried to a jury, which acquitted appellee of the several specific acts of negligence alleged by appellant, such as: (a) That there was no pool of paint thinner on the floor of appellee’s building just prior to the fire in question; (b) that none of appellee’s agents, servants and employees tossed a match into a pool of paint thinner immediately before…