Polk v. Spokane Interstate Fair
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered June 29, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action in tort.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Respondent and his assignors lost two race horses and other property through a fire which burned the stables in which the horses and other property were kept, and alleging the negligence of appellant as the cause of the fire, brought this action in which' judgment was obtained below.
*611Error is assigned in the giving and refusing to give certain instructions. We have reviewed those which we think call for a reversal of the judgment. So far as necessary to refer to the facts, it appears that appellant has for many years conducted an annual fair at Spokane, at which horse racing was one of the…
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