Curry v. Rivers

The claim of the plaintiff is that the jury verdict returned for the defendant in this case was affected by inadmissible testis mony improperly received.

A sewer line running from the plaintiffs’ new home to the municipal sewer main, on several occasions during the first two years of ownership, backflowed into their cellar playroom, causing damage. Ultimate relief was had only after the original orangeburg and clay tile pipe line to the street was replaced with cast iron pipe. This action sought to charge the defendant with responsibility on the basis that, as builder in 1957, he had made the…