AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. v. SHELL OIL CO.

Docket No. 48, Calendar No. 47,276.

355 Mich. 151 (1959)

94 N.W.2d 214

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, INC.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Rehearing denied February 19, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward, Plunkett & Cooney (Robert E. Rutt, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Vandeveer, Haggerty, Garzia & Haggerty, for defendant.


EDWARDS, J.

This lawsuit involves a dangerous fire, a great amount of monetary damage, and a lengthy record. Each party involved seeks to establish negligence on the part of the other as to the cause of the fire and the damage it suffered therefrom. At the end of trial, the judge instructed the jury to return no cause for action as to both plaintiffs and cross plaintiff because, he said:

"All of the evidence on both sides of this case pertaining to negligence...

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