Andréu v. Porto Rico Railway, Light & Power Co.

DISSENTING OPINION OE

MR. JUSTICE ERANCO SOTO.

This is an action for damages for the destruction of a house by a fire that spread from an adjacent house in which it originated from some wires which transmitted the electrical current supplied by the defendant corporation for lighting, the plaintiff alleging that the said fire was due to the negligence and carelessness of the defendant.

The complaint was answered by a general denial of the allegations and after trial the court below rendered judgment for the plaintiff for $400 and the costs.

For the purpose of proving that the fire spread from an…