Highway Transport Co. v. Daniel Baker Co.

CLAY, Commissioner.

Several actions and claims for damages, consolidated for trial, arose out of a fire at the petroleum bulk plant of appellee Daniel Baker Company, and the respective claimants obtained judgments against appellant. Its principal ground for reversal is that it was entitled to a directed verdict.

The fire occurred in the late afternoon while appellant’s employee was unloading gasoline from appellant’s tank truck into Baker’s overhead storage tanks. The only person present in the immediate area was this employee, a truck driver, and his testimony was substantially as follows. He…