Purcell v. Long Island Daily Press Publishing Co.

Plaintiff in this action, upon a jury determination in his favor, recovered damages sustained as the result of a fire in his decedent’s building. The trial court, upon motion of counsel after rendition by the jury of their verdict (and absent a prior request that the matter be submitted to the jury), added to the amount awarded interest from the date of the fire, as a matter of right.

Two issues are presented on this appeal: The first relates to the merits, defendant contending that there was no negligence here with which it could be charged, and in that connection *257challenges the court’s…