Kahn v. Triest-Rosenberg Cap Co.

This is an action for damages to certain goods of the plaintiffs while situated in a room on the first floor of a building in San Francisco, alleged to have been caused by the flooding of the .premises with water which escaped from an ■engine operated by the defendants upon an upper floor in the same building. The defendant is charged with negligence in ¿the selection, management, and control of said engine and the boiler and pipes connected therewith. The answer denies the damage and the negligence on the part of the defendant. The cause was tried by a jury, and a verdict rendered in favor…