Imperial Candy Co. v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered October 5, 1915, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for damages to property, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
The purpose of this action was to recover damages to personal property caused by the breaking of a water main owned by the city of Seattle. The defendant, The J. M. *146Colman Company, was the owner of the building in which the property was at the time the damage occurred. The trial resulted in a judgment of dismissal as to the Colman Company, and a judgment in favor of the plaintiff and against the city in the sum of $1,051.93, together with interest.
The facts are these: On March 3, 1913, the respondent was occupying, and for about nine years previous had occupied, rooms in the basement of the…
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