Caldbick v. Marysville Water & Power Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Bell, J., entered December 8, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury, rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for damages from flooding land.
1Opinion of the CourtMackintosh, J.
— Prior to January 23, 1919, the appellants had maintained and operated a reservoir near the ranch owned by the respondents, and according to the allegations of the complaint, on that day, by reason of the fact that the appellants had negligently and carelessly failed to keep the reservoir in repair, the water escaped therefrom and flooded the respondents’ property and damaged it by leaving deposits of earth thereon, and by filling up and destroying ditches and flumes, by washing away sand and gravel, and by damaging the barn and filling an excavation with earth.
By affirmative defense, the…
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- Crandall v. Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1913
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