BARNUM v. RURAL FIRE PROTECTION COMPANY

No. 1 CA-CIV 2359.

24 Ariz. App. 233 (1975)

537 P.2d 618

Phillip R. BARNUM, dba Soundmaster Manufacturing Co., Appellant, v. RURAL FIRE PROTECTION COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department A.

June 26, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Black, Robertshaw, Frederick, Copple & Wright, P.C. by Richard A. Black, Phoenix, for appellant.

Snell & Wilmer, by John J. Bouma, Daniel J. McAuliffe, Phoenix, for appellee.


OPINION

FROEB, Judge.

This is an action by plaintiff (appellant) Phillip R. Barnum against defendant (appellee) Rural Fire Protection Company to recover damages sustained by Barnum's business in a fire started by an unknown party during the night of July 28, 1971. Our task is to determine the extent of liability, if any, of a private fire-fighting company which fights a fire when under no legal obligation to do so.

Barnum occupied rented space in a...

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