H. W. Van Slyke Warehouse Co. v. Vilter Manufacturing Co.

In this action, respondent sued for and recovered damages for the destruction of a warehouse or cold storage building and contents therein owned by it, by a fire alleged to have been caused and set by a workman or person employed by appellant in the installation of cold storage machinery, pipes and equipment, in the building.

The negligence alleged in the complaint is that appellant, through and by its negligence and lack of due care of the workman and servants employed by it, who were under the sole and exclusive control of appellant and were, at the time, being superintended by appellant’s…