Royal Indemnity Company v. Schneider

The parties will be referred to herein as they were below.

Defendants William Fulkerson and Frances Fulkerson, husband and wife, were the owners of a vacant lot in the city of Kirksville, Missouri. This lot was north of and contiguous to property owned by Joseph Burdman and Esther Burdman, husband and wife, upon which was located a two story brick building, hereinafter referred to as the “Burdman building”.

This building was occupied by a gas utility company, Solar Gas, Inc., as tenant and the original plaintiff in this action. On the eve of trial, however, the present plaintiff, Royal…