Sun Underwriters Ins. Co. of New York v. Bunkley

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

In May of 1949 appellee Bunkley was engaged in the business of raising chickens on a tract of land several miles east of Fort Worth. On said land there were fifteen or more chicken houses, including two metal clad houses which were each 111 feet wide, east and west, and 20 feet deep, north and south. One of the houses last mentioned, which are the only houses material to this suit, was located about fifty feet south of the other one. On May 17, 1949, and during that night, a very heavy rain fell, water ran into the two- houses in question, and 2671 five weeks old…