Burr v. Clark

Plaintiffs instituted this action to recover compensation for damage done to their residential heating system, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendants’ employee while making repairs to a part of the heating equipment. The action was tried to the court, without a jury. The trial court made findings of fact, stated its conclusions of law, and entered judgment in favor of plaintiffs. Defendants appealed.

At the time involved in this action, respondents J. Walter Burr and Pearl V. Burr, husband and wife, were the owners of and occupied a six-room house situated in the…