Patrick v. Smith
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered December 21, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action in tort.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
This is a suit to recover damages flowing from an alleged depletion of water in the plaintiffs’ well. The charge is that the water was lost in consequence of an explosion of a heavy blast of powder put off by the defendants. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for $250. The defendants are prosecuting the appeal. The material facts are these:
The respondents, at the time the blast was exploded and at the time of the trial, owned a tract of land' comprising nearly a half acre on the outskirts of the city of Seattle. It lies on the southerly slope of a steep hill which…
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