Columbus Jack Corp. v. Swedish Crucible Steel Corp.

Plaintiff Columbus Jack Corporation was the owner of certain metal patterns having a value of $14,678. These patterns were being utilized by defendant, the Swedish Crucible Steel Corporation, in its manufacturing business and were stored by the defendant at its factory in Hamtramck, Michigan. The metal patterns were destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin which ravaged the defendant’s factory on May 5,1970.

Plaintiffs filed their two-count complaint on April 15, 1971, and amended it on September 27, 1972. Count I of the complaint alleged that defendant’s negligence had caused the damage to…