American Reciprocal Insurers v. Bessonette

We could not improve upon appellant-plaintiff’s statement of this case taken from its brief:

“This appeal involves an action of law for damages tried by the court sitting without a jury.

“The owner, hereinafter referred to as the Lafferty partnership, contracted with defendant (this should be defendants) Bessonette and Graff to erect a grocery warehouse and with defendant Pacific Automatic Sprinkler to install a sprinkler system. Defendant Bessonette and Graff * * * caused a concrete wall to be constructed so as to cause a main sprinkler pipe to break after the building had been completed and…