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HICKS v. NEW YORK FIRE INS. CO.

266 Wis. 186 (1954)

HICKS and wife, Respondents, vs. NEW YORK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY and others, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

March 2, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by Wolfe, O'Leary & Kenney, attorneys, and Kenneth M. Kenney of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Kenneth M. Kenney.

For the respondents there was a brief and oral argument by Charles O. Payant, attorney, and James A. Fitzpatrick of counsel, both of Watertown.

GEHL, J.

Defendants' only contention is that the evidence does not sustain the jury's finding. The residence was equipped with an oil-burning hot-water heating system. At the time in question plaintiffs were in Florida. They had provided a friend, Herbert Lange, with a key to the house. When he entered the house on February 26, 1950, he found that a radiator on the third floor was leaking and that the water had soaked the entire first and second floors. Plumbers were...

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