Phoenix Insurance Co. of Hartford v. Chrysler Corp.

DIXON, Judge.

This suit arises out of a fire occurring in a restaurant owned by Arch and Mae E. Pollock. Phoenix paid a portion of the fire loss and upon subrogation brought this action against Chrysler (the manufacturer) and the Reeds (the installers) of a furnace allegedly the causative agency of the fire. The evidence was heard by the court without a jury and, upon a finding for all defendants, Phoenix appeals.

Phoenix contends under three points that the trial court judgment is in error: first, that the trial court erred in its determination that the cause of the fire could not be fixed…