James Sheehan & Co. v. Babberis
Citations
- 41 Wash. 671
Syllabus
<p>Negligence — Of Cotenants in Building — Flowage of Water— Evidence — Sufficiency. There is sufficient evidence that leakage or seepage causing damage to a defendant on the ground floor of a building was due to tbe negligence of the occupant of the second story used for the purpose of a restaurant, and was not merely accidental, where there was evidence that water would come down several times a week and sometimes every day for a week or so, and officers of the defendant admitted that many complaints were made continually for two years and that they had the plumber up to fix the pipes, and that something was wrong all the time.</p>
Judges: Boot
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