Brodde v. Grosenick

Three issues are raised: (1) Whether the owner and operator of the tavern failed to provide and maintain a spark arrester as required by the Milwaukee city ordinance; (2) should the defendant Gilbert E. Grosenick, the tavern operator, have known that to burn refuse and paper in the incinerator under the conditions then existing would create an unreasonable risk of fire to nearby dwell ings; and (3) after starting the fire in the incinerator, did the tavern operator make an adequate and efficient inspection of the chimney for spark emission?

It is not seriously disputed, and the trial court…