M. M. Inman & Co. v. Potter

We cannot say that the verdict was against the evidence on the ground that the plaintiffs were guilty of contributory negligence. Although it is true that the plaintiffs had on several occasions fastened back the urinal faucet in their store for the purpose of flushing the basin, which had prevented, wholly or in part, the water from reaching the store of the defendant, Asa K. Potter, for longer or shorter intervals, and, either through forgetfulness or otherwise, had even allowed it to remain so fastened all night, such acts did not warrant the defendant, Erank Potter, in leaving open the…