Writ denied. There is no error of law and result is correct.
TATE, J., concurs: I can concur because the Court of Appeal judgment can be construed as holding that, more probably than not, the cause of the fire was the act of third persons (the children) and not any fault of the land-occupier. Therefore, we do not reach the issue of the liability to the neighbor for damages resulting from a fire which starts on one's land and spreads to his neighbor's. See Civil Code...
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