Blotcky v. Gahm
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Douglas county: William A. Redick, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Stewart, District Judge.
Action by tenant for damages because of alleged negligence of owners of a six-story building. At close of plaintiff’s evidence, the court directed a verdict for defendants. Motion for new trial was overruled, and plaintiff brings case here for review.
In the fall of 1917 Philip Blotcky, a wholesale commission merchant, orally leased the first and second floors of the Gahm building in Omaha, No. 1208 Howard street. It was equipped throughout with a sprinkler system, commonly known as the “dry system,” and consisting of two tanks above the sixth floor, connected with…
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