United States Trunk Co. v. Bristol Knitting Mills, Inc.

These are two actions of tort to recover for property damage caused by allowing water pipes on the premises of the defendant to freeze and permit water to escape from its premises to the premises of the plaintiffs. The cases were consolidated for trial and referred to an auditor whose findings of fact were not to be final. He reported that the plaintiffs and the defendant were tenants of Laurel Lake Mills at 951 Broadway in Fall River. The plaintiff trunk company occupied the first, second, and third floors, the plaintiff Uni-Craft Manufacturing Corp. the fourth floor, and the defendant the…