McBride v. Willamette Columbia R.T. Co.

W. W. McBride and his wife brought this action against the Willamette and Columbia Biver Towing Company, a corporation, to recover for damages caused by the negligent acts of the defendant. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs, from which the defendant has appealed.

The respondents owned a residence building on the bank of a slough of the Columbia river, and it is charged that, during a freshet in the river, while the waters, though slightly receding, were out of the banks of the slough surrounding the residence and within a few inches of the floor of the building, the…