Baird v. Ellsworth Realty Co.

CAVE, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff in the sum of' $1,000 because of property damage suffered when steam escaped from a pipe in the apartment occupied by plaintiff and owned by defendant. This suit originated in the magistrate court, and. the statement filed by plaintiff is substantially as follows: ,

Paragraph 1 of the statement alleged that the defendant owned and operated a certain apartment building in Kansas City,- which building was heated with steamparagraph 2 alleged that plaintiff occupied one of said apartments and that prior to his occupancy the…