Swan-Finch Oil Corp. v. Warnerquinlan Co.

Porter, S. C. C.

This case was submitted to mo without a jury, by stipulation of the parties, to try the issues relating to the defendant’s legal liability.

The plaintiffs’ property was damaged or destroyed by fire which they claim was occasioned by the wrongful acts of the defendant, for which damages are sought.

The pertinent facts, briefly, are as follows:

On September 14th, 1929, the defendant had moored to its dock on the west side of Staten Island Sound in the city of Linden the wooden barge, James Horan, together with other boats. The barge had on board a cargo of about six thousand…