Slater v. Ianni Constr. Co.

Plaintiff sued defendants in justice’s court to recover damages alleged to have been suffered by reason of defendant Edwin D. Frink having set a brush fire in the highway on plaintiff’s premises, which fire communicated to plaintiff’s muck land, burning out and destroying the value of about two acres. Ianni Construction Company had a contract for building a road. Frink was a subcontractor thereunder at the time of the alleged tortious acts. Frink subsequently abandoned the contract and the work was taken over and finished by Ianni Construction Company. Suit was commenced in justice’s court…