OWEN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY v. CALVERT

No. A-6010.

302 S.W.2d 640 (1957)

OWEN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Roy CALVERT et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

May 22, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murph Wilson, Spruiell, Lowry, Potter & Lasater, Tyler, for petitioner.

Johnson & Hathaway, Tyler, for respondent.


SMITH, Justice.

This suit was filed by respondents against petitioner to recover damages for the depreciation in cash market value of certain personal property, as well as damages for the loss of use of a part of that property. The pleadings alleged that the petitioner, through its servants and agents, negligently (1) set fire to some grass near the building in which said personal property was situated at a time when neither of the respondents or any of their employees...

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