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- Title: Humiston V. Hook
- Author : District Court of Appeal of California
- Release Date : January 09, 1948
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
Description
Defendant Elmer G. Hook appeals from a judgment for damages for the loss of plaintiffs' property through fire allegedly caused by the negligence of defendant. Plaintiffs, copartners, doing business as M. E. Gray Company, maintain a place of business in Huntington Park, where they sell pipe, plumbing supplies and other materials. Defendant operates a machine shop next door. The building, 50 feet in width, was occupied in part by both parties, 40 feet of it by defendant and 10 feet by plaintiff, a partition separating the two portions of the room, and plaintiffs' business extended onto other property. The complaint contained two causes of action. In addition to Hook, others were sued under fictitious names, but no one except Hook appeared in the action. In the first cause of action it was alleged that defendants so carelessly, negligently and unlawfully maintained and conducted their premises as to cause a fire to occur as a proximate result of their acts, which fire destroyed and damaged merchandise, fixtures and equipment of plaintiffs, to plaintiffs' damage in the sum of $57,199.43. There was an allegation that plaintiffs were out of
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