Stewart v. Cox

— Plaintiffs, Ralph and June Stewart, brought this action for damages to their real property resulting from the escape of water from a swimming pool con structed on the property in a negligent manner. Prior to trial plaintiffs received $4,500 from defendant Wahlstrom Bros., Inc. (hereafter called Wahlstrom), the general contractor who had agreed to construct the pool for them, and they dismissed the action as to this defendant. After commencement of trial, defendants Walter I. Skinner and Walter I. Skinner Pool Plastering Company (hereafter called Skinner), who did the plastering work on the…