Martindale Clothing Co. v. Spokane & Eastern Trust Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered March 15, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action in tort.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
This action was commenced by the plaintiff to recover damages claimed to have resulted to it from the *644negligent maintenance by the defendants, Spokane & Eastern Trust Company and T. H. Gowman, its tenant, of a water pipe in the upper story of a building owned by the trust company, and negligently permitting the pipe to burst from freezing, thereby causing a large quantity of water to be precipitated upon the goods of the plaintiff in its store, occupying the ground floor of the building. A trial resulted in verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant trust…
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