Hendrie v. City of Boston

This is an action for damages caused by the overflow of a sewer which was allowed to get out of repair and choked by the negligence of the defendant. The sewage backed up through the plaintiff’s drain, and the only defence relied upon is that his drain was not lawfully connected. The ground of the contention is that there was no payment, before entering the drain, at the rate of two cents per square foot of all land benefited by the connection as required by the Revised Ordinances of Boston, 1885, c. 27, § 15.

S. M. Child, for the defendant. JH. R. Anderson, for the plaintiffs;

The plaintiff’s…