Quigley v. Village of Hibbing

Sheran, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment of the district court entered after plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial was denied following a verdict for the defendant in an action for damages sustained when water supplied by the village of Hibbing escaped from a pipe located in one of its streets.

The village of Hibbing, a municipal corporation, furnishes water to the public for a price and, in doing so, uses a system of water mains and collateral lines located in its public streets and alleys. On March 2, 1962, a break occurred in the “service line” extending at right angles from a main to and…