Matthews v. Carpenter

W. C. Matthews and others sued J. B. Carpenter and another to recover the value of a truck. The declaration charged that they sent a truck to the shop of the defendants for repair; that the defendants also operated in the same building, in immediate proximity to the repair shop, a paint shop in which highly inflammable materials were used; and that the defendants, while operating a welding machine very close to the inflammable materials, negligently allowed the open flame of the welding machine to ignite such materials, with the resultant destruction of the building and the plaintiffs’ truck…