City of Birmingham v. Greer

This is an action against the city for negligently maintaining a part of its system of sanitary sewers as that sewage, sewage water, and foul and noxious matter was discharged in plaintiff’s residence, rendering it unhealthful and undesirable and caused sickness, inconvenience and annoyance, and mental pain and anguish. That this occurred on December 24,1926, and February 18,1929. The city is not charged with negligent or wrongful construction of the sewerage system, but only its negligent or wrongful maintenance. It appears that it was a part of the system of Woodlawn which was taken into…