FMC CORPORATION, INC. v. KNOWLES ELECTRIC, INC.

No. 14808.

438 F.2d 1220 (1971)

FMC CORPORATION, Inc., Appellant, v. KNOWLES ELECTRIC, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale I. Larson, Minneapolis, Minn. (Robert M. Wattson, and Robins, Davis & Lyons, Minneapolis, Minn., and Howard R. Klostermeyer and Spilman, Thomas, Battle & Klostermeyer, Charleston, W. Va., on brief) for appellant.

Joseph R. Goodwin, Charleston, W. Va. (Goodwin & Goodwin, John S. Haight and Kay, Casto & Chaney, Charleston, W. Va., on brief) for appellee.

Before WINTER and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges, and MILLER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

FMC Corporation, Inc. sued Knowles Electric, Inc. to recover for property damage sustained by FMC as a result of a fire which occurred allegedly as a result of Knowles' negligence while Knowles was performing work on FMC's property. Knowles defended on the ground of FMC's contributory negligence and Knowles interposed a counterclaim for the value of its tools lost in the fire.

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