SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY v. POLING

No. 49013.

81 N.W.2d 462 (1957)

SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY, Inc., Appellant, v. Mignon B. POLING, Harry L. Poling and William N. Cramblit, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, White & Johnson, Ottumwa, for appellant.

Gilmore, Dull & Keith, Ottumwa, for appellees.


GARFIELD, Justice.

The question presented by this appeal is whether terms of a written lease relieve plaintiff, lessee of defendants' building, from liability for its destruction by fire resulting from plaintiff's negligence.

The case comes here on plaintiff's appeal, granted by us under rule 332, from an adverse adjudication of law points under rule 105, Rules of Civil Procedure, 58 I.C.A.

Plaintiff Sears, Roebuck & Co. (we call it "Sears") sued...

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