Rabinovitz v. Taylor

This was an action in tort instituted by the defendant in error, hereafter referred to as plaintiff, against the plaintiffs in error, hereafter referred to as defendants, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained as a result of fire which was started on the premises of one of the defendants and escaped therefrom to the lands of the plaintiff.

The petition of plaintiff alleged, in substance, that Ida Rabinovitz was the owner of an oil and gas lease which adjoined pasture lands of the plaintiff and that one B. Rabinovitz, as agent, servant, and employee of his codefend-ant, had either…