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fire with the intent to check
the spread of said fire -
that said action was not
necessary by said agents
and employees of said
city, but believed by them
to be necessary when said
building was thus torn
down - that the fire did not
extend to said building
but was under control
before it reached your
petitioner's said building

Your Petitioner is informed
by his Counsel and believes
said information to be
correct that if said building
had been insured he could
not have collected the insurance
on its destruction because
said destruction was not
necessary to check said
fire although he has no
doubt that the Agents
and employees of the
City believed at the time
that its destruction was
necessary.