Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1914 — Judge Sustains Fire Prevention Officials. [ARTICLE]

Judge Sustains Fire Prevention Officials.

The fire marshal won the first case in which he appeared before a court to assist an Indiana city in the enforcement of a section of its ?*, building ordinances. The case wtas that of Francis L Stultz,«owner of the Home Hotel building at Huntington, against the city of Huntington. The fire marshal had ordered Bred Bippus, former owner of the hotel, to tear down the structure, since i t was a fire hazard. Bippus failed to comfily and sold the building to tultz, who immediately started to move the structure from its former location to another site, also within the city fire limits. Because the Huntington ordinance stated that no property owner could move a wooden structure already within the city fire limits, so another site within the limits, city officials Interfered with the movng of the hotel. Stultz at once brought suit to enjoin the city from interfering, stating to the cqjirt that he intended to repair the structure and erect a. 'building of brick and concrete. The city officials asked the fire marshal to assist them in the case, in accordance with the fire marshal lew Judge Paulus, of Marton, . ruled that the city could not be enjoined from Interfering with the removal of the building and sustained the fire marshal and city officials throughout The rultog is regarded as another victory tor fire prevention, and will mean the reduction of building hazards in Indiana cities, according to the fire marshal.