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A fire was raging in San Francisco. Geary (D), the Alcalde of San Francisco, destroyed Surocco's (P) home by blowing it up to prevent a fire from destroying the entire town. D destroyed P's home while there was still time to salvage their goods and personal belongings. The court gave the verdict to P and D appealed.

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