French v. West Seattle Light & Water Co.

Citations

• 50 Wash. 257
• 97 P. 60
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 707

Syllabus

<p>Appeal — Review — Harmless Error — Admission of Evidence— Waters — Flooding—Damages. In an action for damages to a house and lot by the breaking of water pipe located above plaintiff’s premises, which flooded the premises and left the house on the brink of a precipice, it is not prejudicial error to allow the plaintiff to state that the reason that he moved his house across the street was because he did not want to be flooded out again, where no recovery was sought or permitted for the removal of the house.</p> <p>Same — Evidence of Damages — Opinions. In an action for damages to a house and lot by flooding, it is not error requiring a reversal to allow the plaintiff, after going into the items of his damage, to state what he estimated his damages to be from the going out of a bulkhead, although the question was for the jury.</p> <p>Waters — Water Companies — Flooding — Damages — Evidence— Sufficiency. Evidence that a small cottage on a hillside lot was damaged by the negligent maintenance of a water pipe line, and that a portion of the land was carried away, sustains a verdict for the plaintiffs for $500; the amount being for the jury, they having viewed the premises.</p>