Parker v. Jenkins

To plaintiff’s claim for rent herein the defendants interposed a counterclaim for the value of medicinal tablets on the first floor of their factory damaged by water coming down from the upper floor because a defective faucet split when frozen some eight months after plaintiff installed it by his employee, Gilfus, shortly after the commencement of their occupation.

The defendant Perkins testified that in the body part on the side of the faucet was a split about one inch long by one-eighth inch wide soldered or different colored, white metal, which he told Gilfus did not seem very good and…