Larimore v. Indianapolis Water Co.

Appellant sued the Indianapolis Water Company and the city of Indianapolis, demanding judgment for $10,000 and all proper relief, because his dwelling house .had been destroyed by fire under circumstances alleged in the complaint. Counsel for appellant assert that this was an action, “to enforce a statutory liability against the defendants arising out of the destruction by fire of the plaintiff’s dwelling house,” and insist that §§114 and 116 of the “act concerning public utilities, creating a Public Service Commission,” etc. (§§12787,12789 Burns 1926, §§114, 116, Acts 1913 pp. 167, 208)…