Bennett v. Syndicate Insurance

This action was brought to recover damages for al- . leged negligence, resulting in the death of Gustave Brown, the plaintiff’s intestate. Upon the trial, after receiving all of the testimony, ..a verdict for defendants was ordered by the court, although it had, *255when plaintiff rested his case, refused a nonsuit. The facts, as shown by the evidence before us, are as follows; The St. Anthony Elevator (so called) having been destroyed by fire, July 19,1887, its contents, when so burned, (about 800,000 bushels of wheat,) were sold to defendants, who, upon July 30th, commenced to remove the same,…