Davis v. Marks

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

On the early morning of August 5, 1918, a fire severely damaged a business building in Hazard, Kentucky, and destroyed the contents on the first floor, which was *478about 30 feet wide and 100 feet long. In one corner of the front of the ground floor, covering a space about 12 feet wide by 32 feet long and which was separated by partition walls from the remainder of the room, the appellant and defendant below, Chris Davis, operated a restaurant in which there were both an electric and a gasoline cooking stove. The appellee and plaintiff below, R. Lee…