Briggs v. Kelly

DIMOND, Justice.

The appellant, Gertrude Briggs, rented a house from the Kellys. They recovered judgment against her in the district magistrate court for arrears in rent and for $300 damages caused by stove oil flooding the ground underneath the house. On appeal to the superior court the judgment was affirmed, and a further appeal has been taken to this court.

Appellant says there is no evidence to support a conclusion that she was responsible for the oil damage. The testimony is uncontradicted that the oil came from a leak in the floor furnace or from the fuel lines leading from the oil…