Simonton v. Loring
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report from the superior court. Case stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtYirgin, J.
In June, 1875, the plaintiffs with their stock of goods occupied the first floor of the Stewart block, 565 Congress street, Portland, and the defendants the hall in the third story, together with the appurtenances thereto, including a urinal supplied with Sebago water. In the night of June 20, the faucet in the closet regulating the flow of the water into the urinal having been left wide open, and the efflux, from some cause, not being equal to the influx, the water overflowed the bowl and. flooded the plaintiffs’ store and injured their stock.
The defendants had possession, control and…
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