Walker Mercantile Co. v. Yazoo & M. V. R.

OVERTON/ J.

Mrs. Yetta Abrams Bauer was the owner of a store building, a residence, and a garage in the village of Walker. She leased the store to the Walker Mercantile Company, one of the plaintiffs in these consolidated cases; and she and her husband, Lazard Bauer, the two remaining plaintiffs, occupied the residence and used the garage. The store, the residence, and the garage so adjoined each other as to make virtually one building.

On March 14, 1920, at about 4:30 in the afternoon, this property, including its contents, was destroyed by fire. Plaintiffs attribute its loss to the negligence…