VERMES v. AMERICAN DIST. TEL. CO.

Nos. 46284, 46300.

251 N.W.2d 101 (1977)

Harry VERMES, Respondent, v. AMERICAN DISTRICT TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Appellant, Apache Corporation, Appellant, The Towle Company, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abdo & Abdo and E. John Abdo, Minneapolis, for Am. Dist. Tel.

Meagher, Geer, Markham, Anderson, Adamson, Flaskamp & Brennan and J. Richard Bland and O. C. Adamson, II, Minneapolis, for Apache.

Robins, Davis & Lyons, A. James Anderson and Robert M. Wattson, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard before ROGOSHESKE, PETERSON, and SCOTT, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


SCOTT, Justice.

These are separate appeals by two of the defendants in an action brought by Harry Vermes, owner of a jewelry store in the Foshay Tower in Minneapolis, to recover losses sustained when his store was burglarized. Defendants were the American District Telegraph Company (ADT), which had supplied Vermes with a burglary detection system; the Apache Corporation (Apache), which had leased the space to Vermes; and The Towle Company (Towle), which managed the...

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