Rainier Heat & Power Co. v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the superior court, for King county, Jurey, J., entered September 15, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for damages to property through the breaking of a water main.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff commenced this action in the superior court for King county, seeking recovery *97of damages which it claims to have suffered as a result of the negligence of the defendant city, in that the city carelessly and negligently maintained one of its large water mains in such unsafe condition that it broke and caused the property of plaintiff to be flooded, which .damaged its plant and the foundations of its buildings. A trial upon the merits resulted in verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, awarding it recovery in the sum of $500. The plaintiff, deeming itself aggrieved by the…
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