Firemen's Fund Insurance v. Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Walla Walla county, Mills, J., entered April 18,1916, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action in tort.
1Opinion of the CourtWebster, J.
— This is an action brought by the Firemen’s Fund Insurance Company against the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company to recover damages for the alleged negligent burning of a field of grain located near Boles Station, in this state. Plaintiff alleged, in substance, that it is a fire insurance company and, prior to the fire in question, had insured the grain which was destroyed; that thereafter it paid the owner of the grain the amount of the loss, and, by reason thereof, was subrogated to whatever rights the owner may have had against the defendant company; and that the company was…
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