Thompson v. Springfield Water Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 130, Jan. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1904, No. 572, on demurrer for defendant in case of Henry C. Thompson, Jr., v. Springfield Water Company. Trespass to recover damages for loss by fire. Before Davis, J. Demurrer to statement. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendant on demurrer to statement.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewabt,
This case can be decided in the light of our own adjudications. They will be found to be entirely adequate and satisfactory. Discussion of the many authorities of other jurisdictions which the diligence and research of counsel have brought to our notice is, therefore, unnecessary. The question for determination is the defendant’s liability for the destruction of the plaintiff’s property by fire, assuming that the proximate cause of its destruction was the insufficiency of the only available hydrants in point of location and, further, that the insufficiency was…
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