Simplex Railway Appliance Co. v. Western Rawhide & Belting Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Porter Circuit Court; W. G. McMahan, Judge. Action by the Western Rawhide and Belting Company and others, against the Simplex Railway Appliance Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJordan, J.
The Western Rawhide and Belting Company, *3a corporation, commenced this action in the Lake Circuit Court in April, 1904, to recover from appellant, a corporation, damages claimed to have been sustained as the result of its negligence in causing a fire to originate in its own premises, which fire it permitted and caused to be spread to the factory of appellee belting company, thereby destroying the same, and damaging in part and destroying in part the contents of said factory.
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Before passing to a consideration of this appeal on its merits, we shall take up the preliminary points raised by said…
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