Nashville v. Comar
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal in error from. Circuit Court of Davidson County. W. K. McAlister, J.
1Opinion of the CourtLuRTON, J.
This is an action at law by defendants in error to recover of plaintiff in error damages resulting from an alleged negligent construction of a sewer, whereby both storm and sewage water, in times of unusual freshet, have been discharged from the sewer upon the premises owned by them. The market value of the freehold is chai’ged to have been depreciated, and damages are sought both for injury and destruction of household furniture, as well as for permanent impairment of value of the realty. Comar and wife recovered judgment in the Circuit Court, from which the city of Nashville appealed.
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