Horn Companies v. Batchelor

Benham, Judge.

A fire which started on the patio of appellee Batchelor’s apartment damaged five units of an apartment complex owned by one of the appellants. Appellants sued appellee for negligence and breach of contract (refusal to indemnify appellants for the damage pursuant to the lease agreement), and bring this appeal from the judgment entered on the jury verdict returned in favor of appellee.

1. Perusal of the trial transcript leads to the conclusion that it was appellants’ theory that the blaze resulted from the inadequate ventilation of a kerosene heater appellee had placed in a…