Morgan v. Harris

BRADLEY, Judge.

The appeal is from a judgment awarding damages to the appellant Morgan for the loss of a barn and its contents and from the denial of a motion for a new trial. Plaintiff, Morgan, had alleged in his complaint that the defendants-appellees, three fourteen year old boys, had willfully and negligently burned his barn and its contents. An answer was filed by each of the three defendants.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company intervened as a plaintiff in the action asserting subrogation rights in the amount of $1,100.

At the conclusion of the evidentiary hearing before the court and jury,…