Legal Opinion

Chattanooga v. Reid

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided November 22, 1899PublishedCited by 12 opinions

FROM HAMILTON. Appeal iti error from tbe Oircuit Court of Hamilton County. Eloyd Estill, J.

1Opinion of the Court

S. G. Shields, Sp. J.

This suit was brought by Eugene Reid before a Justice of the Peace of Hamilton County against the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Chattanooga, to recover $499 damages ‘Tor injury to property at Ho. 21 Grove Street Alley, resulting from an open sewer.”

The facts upon which the plaintiff relies to maintain this action are as follows: The plaintiff, Reid, owns a house and lot on Grove street alley, in the city of Chattanooga, which alley is a public thoroughfare, and is under the control of the defendant. .One S. B. Strang owns a lot directly across the alley from the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Mills v. . City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1865

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Smiddy v. City of MemphisTennessee Supreme Court · 1918
  2. City of Nashville v. MasonTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
  3. Saulman v. Mayor of NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Mayor of Knoxville v. KlasingTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
  5. City of Knoxville v. LivelyTennessee Supreme Court · 1918

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