Narbonne v. Storer
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $1,000 for damage to plaintiff’s property while a tenant of defendant. The answer admitted the allegations concerning the lease and denied the other allegations. The case was tried before Steele, J., who, at the close of plaintiff’s case, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action and, at the close of the testimony, a motion to direct a verdict in favor of defendant.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $1,000 for damage to plaintiff’s property while a tenant of defendant. The answer admitted the allegations concerning the lease and denied the other allegations. The case was tried before Steele, J., who, at the close of plaintiff’s case, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action and, at the close of the testimony, a motion to direct a verdict in favor of defendant. The jury returned a verdict for $580.79 in favor of plaintiff. From an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial,…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
This action is to recover damages to property of plaintiff, a tenant of defendant, caused by her premises being flooded with water which is claimed to have come from water pipes exclusively under the control of defendant, and through his negligence. Plaintiff had a verdict and defendant appealed from an order denying his motion in the alternative for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.
That plaintiff, without fault of her own, sustained damages from water flooding her millinery stock, there can be no doubt. Does the evidence sustain the verdict that defendant, her…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Simon-Reigel Cigar Co. v. Gordon-Burnham Battery Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1897
3Cited by4 opinions
- Alling v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
- Mathews v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
- Chambers v. MumfordCalifornia Supreme Court · 1921
- Shanander v. Western Loan & Building Co.California Court of Appeal · 1951