Mendel & Co. v. City of Wheeling

Johnson, Pkesident :

A fire originated in the plaintiffs’furniture-factory on Eoff street, in the city of Wheeling on March 26, 1881, and completely destroyed said factory. The plaintiffs brought an action on the case in the circuit court of Ohio county to recover damages against the city, on the ground that -the city was bound to keep the wat^y-pipes connected with the waterworks of said city in gQQ,d o^’der and impair, and that by rear *235son oí the carelessness and negligence of the city the water-pipe in Eoff street, to which water-pipes were connected leading into said factory, was out of…