Yaffe v. Fort Smith

The appellant, who was defendant below, had been operating a junk yard on the south side of the city of Fort Smith, near the yards of the Fort Smith & Western Railway Company, for a number of years. The scrap iron in which the defendant dealt was stored in three places; that is, three different piles. Appellant says that one pile is ordinary junk, another made up largely of automobile parts, and the third consisting of I-beams and structural iron, which was retailed by him for use in buildings. The three piles are within a block of each other. There are no residences near the junk yard, and…