Richardson & Holland, Inc. v. Owen

In these cases, the respondent corporation sought to recover damages resulting to -its property; and the individual respondent sought damages for personal injury, medical and hospital expenses sustained by him, by reason of a steam vessel, tank or boiler manufactured for the corporation by appellants, bursting.

Both cases involve substantially the same questions of law and fact and were tried together. Separate findings of fact, conclusions and judgment were entered in each case; the cases were consolidated by stipulation and argued together on appeal. After trial to the court without a jury,…