Brown v. Hammermill Paper Co.

This action arises because of a fire on December 16, 1970, which destroyed a potato warehouse owned by the plaintiff-respondent Frontier Packers, Inc., and located in West Almond, Portage county. A truck owned by Ruan Leasing Company and insured by Carrier’s Insurance Company was backed up to the loading dock of the warehouse. A portable charcoal or gas heater was overturned and started a fire in the trailer unit which quickly spread throughout the trailer and then to the warehouse. The warehouse was destroyed as well as personal property in the warehouse owned by Frontier Packers, Inc.,…