Lebanon, Louisville & Lex. Tel. Co. v. Lanham Lumber Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 73. — ACTION BY LANHAM LUMBER COMPANY AGAINST THE LEBANON, LOUISVILLE & LEXINGTON TELEPHONE CO. AND ANOTHER Appeal from Marion Circuit Court. I. H. Thurman, Circuit Judge. Judgment fc-r plaintiff. Defendants appeal. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. The demurrer to the petition -should have been sustained; 1. The alleged failure of appellants to effect telephone connection between the nightwatchman of appellee and- the fire department was not the proximate cause of the loss.
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CASE 73. — ACTION BY LANHAM LUMBER COMPANY AGAINST THE LEBANON, LOUISVILLE & LEXINGTON TELEPHONE CO. AND ANOTHER Appeal from Marion Circuit Court. I. H. Thurman, Circuit Judge. Judgment fc-r plaintiff. Defendants appeal. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. The demurrer to the petition -should have been sustained; 1. The alleged failure of appellants to effect telephone connection between the nightwatchman of appellee and- the fire department was not the proximate cause of the loss. (1 Cooley on Torts, pp. 127 128, -and notes; Bacon v. Pullman Co-., 159 Fed. 4; Wharton — Law of Negligence, secs. 73-77;…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Lassing
Reversing.
The Lanham' Lumber Company, a corporation, is engaged in the manufacturing of hardwood flooring, etc., at Lebanon, Ky. On the night of July 4, 1907, at some time after midnight, a fire started in the boiler room at its plant and spread from there to the main building, a few feet away, and in a comparatively short time they were all destroyed, except one warehouse. The origin of the fire is unknown. The Lebanon, Louisville & Lexington Telephone Company is a Kentucky corporation with its principal place of business at Lebanon, where it is engaged in…
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