Legal Opinion
Benton v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 28, 1966No. Civ. No. 568PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtConley, P. J.
One of the plaintiffs, Fred Benton, was engaged at the time specified in the complaint in the performance of various contracts involving earth-moving in the construction, principally, of roads and dams. He was associated in this work, in the manner afterwards discussed, with Fred Galante of Visalia. In the course of the construction of a dam in foothill territory, one of the workmen negligently started a fire; he did not succeed in extinguishing it, and the blaze spread to neighboring lands causing damages in the following amounts: To R. E. Southward and Gladys Southward the sum of $7,700; to…
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- Modica v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.California Court of Appeal · 1965
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