King v. Weis-Patterson Lumber Co.

This suit was dispensed of in the Circuit Court on a directed verdict for the defendant. Upon writ of error to the resultant judgment, the contention here is that there was evidence adduced at the trial sufficient to take the case to the jury. The cause of action sued on in a six count declaration was generally alleged negligence on the part of the defendant sawmill company in permitting to accumulate on its mill yard and in its sheds, and under and near its tramway, particularly in a shed known as its number one shed, a large quantity of inflammable trash which, as a proximate result of…