Owen Development Company v. Calvert

DAVIS, Justice.

Appellees-plaintiffs, Roy'Calvert and F. A. Cotey, sued appellant-defendant, Owen Development Company, a corporation, for damages as the result of a fire which occurred August 24, 1954, which destroyed or damaged a building belonging to appellant and leased by appellant to appel-lees, in which building appellees had two trucks, large quantities of oil and other equipment necessary to the carrying on of appellees’ business in greasing and otherwise servicing oil well pumps and oil producing equipment. Appellees alleged that their property and equipment situated in the building…