CHAZEN v. TRAILMOBILE, INC.


384 S.W.2d 1 (1964)

Phillip CHAZEN and Mollie Chazen v. TRAILMOBILE, INC.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 12, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.H. Doughty, of Hodges, Doughty & Carson, Lewis Howard, of Donaldson, Montgomery & Kennerly, Knoxville, for plaintiffs in error.

Sam F. Fowler, Jr., of Fowler, Rowntree & Fowler, Knoxville, for defendant in error.


BURNETT, Chief Justice.

The plaintiffs leased a building they owned to the defendants for use by the defendants in their business. In the scope of their business, the defendants repair trailers used in connection with tractor-trailer rigs in heavy over-the-road hauling. While an employee of the defendants was using a torch in the repair of a trailer he set fire to certain inflammable portions of it. With the knowledge that the trailer was susceptible

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