Burns v. McLucas

Nichols, Presiding Judge.

Mrs. Rachel K Burns sued A. C. McLucas and J. C. Harrison, a partnership engaged in the business of selling fuel oil, to recover for damages allegedly sustained when the defendants, in delivering fuel oil to the plaintiff’s residence, failed to follow instructions as to such delivery and placed the fuel oil in a storage tank which was disconnected from the oil heater which it had previously served. The oil so placed drained onto the floor of the building causing the damages sued for. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants, and the plaintiff now assigns error…