Hodges Tire Company v. Kemp

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Thelma B. Kemp sued the partnership operating as Hodges Tire Company for damages to her personal property resulting from the spreading of a fire, origin of which was on the defendant’s premises. Mrs. Kemp operated a hotel in the same building as the tire concern, and immediately above the same. Based upon a verdict of the jury, judgment was entered for the plaintiff and the defendant appealed.

Judgment reversed and rendered.

In answer to Special Issue No. 1 the jury refused to find that the defendant “kept inflammable liquids in their premises in unsealed containers prior…