Bowen & Son v. Iowa Public Service Co.

VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judge.

Appellants were the owners of a textile factory at Nashua, Iowa, known as the Nashua Woolen Mills. December 6, 1926, a fire broke out in the “picking room” of this factory. The volunteer fire department responded to the alarm with a hose cart and about one thousand feet of hose. A part of the fire department’s equipment, consisting of a hose wagon and chemical apparatus, was in attendance upon a fire in the country, and not available. The hose from the cart was coupled up and attached to the hydrant ready for use, but the water was not turned on for a period, as…