Yarbrough v. Cantex Manufacturing Co.

Nichols,. Judge.

1. The plaintiffs were seeking to recover from the defendant corporation damages resulting from loss by fire of their store building and its contents resulting from a fire which spread from the defendants’ place of business to their place of business which was located next door.. The plaintiffs’ action was not based on the negligence of the defendant corporation in permitting the fire to start, but on the contrary, was based on the alleged negligence of the defendant which resulted in the fire spreading to the plaintiffs’ store, since it was positively alleged that the origin…