Wilson v. Morgan & Booth

*427The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beasley, Chiee Justice.

This suit was for the caving in of the earth of a street in Trenton, whereby it fell on the land of the plaintiff and thereby destroyed and injured certain machinery in his mill. The charge was that the accident occurred by reason of the defendants, as contractors with the city, piling up, in the construction of a sewer, large quantities of earth along the line of the plaintiff’s land, wherebj the wall supporting the earth of the street gave way, the plaintiff’s lot being lower than the street.

The jury gave the plaintiff a…