Consolidated Biscuit Co. v. Illinois Iowa Power Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Stone

delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit is predicated upon three counts of an original complaint and five counts of an amended complaint, filed by appellant, in the circuit court of Jefferson county. By the suit generally, the plaintiff in the lower court sought to recover damages in the sum of $400,000, arising out of the alleged failure of the defendant to furnish water for use in extinguishing a fire which occurred at plaintiff’s plant in the city of Mt. Vernon, on January 30, 1937.

The three counts of the original complaint charge in substance, that the…