Legal Opinion
Webster v. Symes
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided March 24, 1896PublishedCited by 14 opinions
Error to Missaukee; Aldrich, J. Case by Mary E. Webster against James E. Symes and another for the value of certain property destroyed by fire alleged to have been set by sparks from defendants’ mill. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This is an action for negligently causing the destruction of plaintiff’s property by fire. The defendants are the owners of a steam sawmill in the village of McBain, and plaintiff occupied an hotel in the same village.
The declaration, in the first count, averred the own*3ership and occupancy of plaintiff’s property, and further averred:
“ The said defendants were also possessed of lot number nine in the said village of McBain,. lying near to, and westerly of, the said premises of the said plaintiff, on which was a sawmill, then and there, by the said defendants, their employes and servants,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Kendrick v. TowleMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
- Cheboygan Lumber Co. v. Delta Transportation Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1894
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