CRADDOCK v. GREENBERG MERCANTILE

No. 45264.

297 S.W.2d 541 (1957)

Humphrey R. CRADDOCK, v. Isabel Craddock and Humphrey R. Craddock, Administrator of the Estate of Julia Craddock, Deceased, Appellants, v. GREENBERG MERCANTILE, Inc., Charles Patterson and John S. Tompson, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

January 14, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis J. Quimby, Jefferson City, Latney Barnes, Mexico, for appellants.

Jackson A. Wright, Fry, Edwards & Wright, Mexico, for respondents Greenberg Mercantile, Inc. and Charles Patterson.

Hunter, Chamier & Motley, Moberly, for respondent, John S. Tompson.


EAGER, Presiding Judge.

In this action plaintiffs sought damages totalling $68,700 for the destruction of a building and its contents by fire which they claimed resulted from the negligence of defendants in the maintenance, repair and operation of an oil furnace in an adjoining building. The parties will be referred to as they appeared below, the appellants as plaintiffs, and the respondents as defendants. The trial resulted in a hung jury, but the court sustained...

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