Newcomb v. Dredge

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Clark County.

A civil action for damages was filed by Cecil Arthur New-comb, the owner of a house and contents, and the Orient Insurance Company, the insurer of the house and contents against fire, against Howard Z. Dredge and Hettie Dredge, in which plaintiffs, appellees herein, alleged that Newcomb’s house and contents were damaged by fire as a result of defendants ’ operation of a dump. The matter was tried to the court without a jury. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiffs for the sum of $4,919.25.

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