Walker v. City of Waterbury
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action against the city of Waterbury and the Hellmann Brewing Company for the diversion by the city of a watercourse, and by the company of another watercourse, into a city sewer, whereby the plaintiffs’ cellar was flooded, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Case J., who gave judgment for the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, C. J.
The Superior Court found that a diversion of each of the watercourses described in the complaint was made and damages sustained as alleged, but gave judgment for both defendants.
The appellants offered evidence from the files and records of the city, that the committee on law of the board of aldermen reported to the board that these damages were occasioned primarily by a diversion of a watercourse by the Brewing company, but that the city was liable to the plaintiffs for them; and recommended an order that they be paid $898 in full satisfaction, and the city attorney instructed to sue the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Atwood v. WeltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1889
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