Owen v. Cook
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Kidder County; Winchester, J. Action by Eugene S. Owen, as administrator of the estate of Eleazer Shoemaker, against E. C. Cook and others. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtYoung, J.
The plaintiff prosecutes this action as the administrator of Eleazer Shoemaker, deceased, to recover damages suffered by the latter during his lifetime in the destruction of certain buildings and other property in a prairie fire which occurred on October *1356, 1897, in Kidder county, about 11 miles from Dawson. The complaint charges the defendants with negligently starting the fire which caused tire destruction of the property in question, and also with negligence in permitting it to escape from the place where it was started. The answer denies that the defendants started, or caused to be…
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