Burgos Quiñones v. Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority

Mr. Justice Dávila

delivered the opinion of the Court.

A fire destroyed two houses which belonged to plaintiffs. They filed a complaint for compensation alleging that the fire originated in the electric lines property of the Water Resources Authority, and that it was due, solely and exclusively, to the latter’s negligence.

The case having been heard on its merits, the Superior Court, Ponce Part, sustained the complaint maintaining that “the fact that an inhabited house is burned is not an ordinary accident which generally occurs without the intervention of a' negligent act on the part of…