Fire Chief Sued for Spread of Fire
表已经逆转。斯坦福的居民,Conn., has filed suit in the Superior Court at Bridgeport for $2,500 damages to trees and shrubbery on his property that he asserts resulted when the Stamford Fire Department was called by an adjoining land owner to burn rubbish and leaves. The incident occurred April 10, 1930.
Named as defendants are the City of Stamford, Chief Victor H. Veit, Assistant Chief Lewis Y. Kron and four firemen. It is stated that the members of the department named in the action arrived at the scene, started a fire and burned the rubbish from the land. The plaintiff claims they also burned up several trees, and ruined a large amount of shrubbery on his property. He also states that the firemen were unusually efficient in starting the fire, that the Chiefs did the overseeing perfectly, hut that the Chiefs and firemen of Stamford neglected to stop the flames when they reached the line of the plaintiff’s property.
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