Pearce v. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co.

Appellant brought this suit against appellee to recover damages for certain personalty lost in the destruction by fire of a building owned by appellee, but in possession of the state of Alabama, and in which appellant and her husband were residing while in the employ of the state.

At the conclusion of the evidence plaintiff added count B, and withdrew all other counts. This count rested for recovery upon the alleged negligence of the defendant in allowing the electric wiring in said building to become defective, thus causing the fire and the consequent destruction of the plaintiff’s…