Jaffe v. . Harteau

The plaintiff failed in establishing any liability of the defendant for the injury complained of.

The injury was caused by the explosion of a boiler in an attic kitchen, in a building erected and owned by the defendant, which he had leased to Van Duzer for a term of years, a part of which, including the kitchen, had been sub-let by the lessee to the plaintiff's husband, by whom it was, at the time, occupied as a residence for himself and family. There was some evidence given tending to show that the explosion would have been prevented had there been a safety-valve properly fixed in the boiler,…