Williams v. Town of Greenville
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by E. C. Williams against tbe town of Greenville, beard by Judge F. D. Winston and a jury, at October Term, 1901, of tbe Superior Court of Pitt County. Erom a judgment for tbe plaintiff, tbe defendant appealed.
1DissentDouglas, J.
The plaintiff is a resident and citizen of the town of Greenville, and the defendant is a municipal corporation. The plaintiff is the owner of a house and lot in the defendant corporation, upon which he and family reside, and have done so for the last eight or ten years.
The plaintiff alleges that it was the duty of the defendant to make such drains and sewers as were necessary to secure the health and comfort of all its inhabitants, but the defendant has utterly failed and neglected to perform and discharge its duty in this respect; that plaintiff's lot is situate on land much lower than that…
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