Brown

This is an action for damages for the destruction of certain property by fire, caused, so the complaint alleges, by the negligent acts of the defendant.

The property alleged to have been thus destroyed consisted of a building situated in the town of Orland, Glenn county, and the contents thereof. Said building was the point of terminus of a private telephone line, extending from the town of Germantown, in said Glenn county, to the said town of Orland, along the county road between those two points.

The structure, which it is alleged was destroyed by fire through the negligent acts of defendant, appears to have been occupied at the time of the fire by several different parties as business offices. The complaint sets forth several different and distinct causes of action, alleging damage by the fire to the property of a corresponding number of individuals. The first cause of action stated is in favor of the plaintiff in his individual right, and the remaining counts allege damage to the property of the others, who, it is alleged, assigned their rights of action or claims for damages to plaintiff.

The total amount sued for was $2,729.65. The cause was tried by the court, trial by…