Martin v. Farmers Cooperative Exchange

BERRY, Justice.

The principal issue presented by this appeal is whether evidence introduced by plaintiffs in error, hereafter referred to as “plaintiffs”, showed that defendant in error, Farmers Cooperative Exchange, a corporation, hereafter referred to as “distributor”, negligently placed an excessive quantity of propane gas in an above-ground tank used in storing fuel for heating devices in plaintiffs’ residence and if its negligence was the proximate cause of the destruction of plaintiffs’ residence by fire.

The trial court concluded that plaintiffs’ evidence was insufficient to establish…