Megins v. City of Duluth
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the municipal court for Duluth to recover $300 for injuries to plaintiff’s building caused by a leak in one of the pipes of defendant’s ■waterworks system. A general demurrer to the complaint being overruled, defendant appealed to the district court for St. Louis county. From an order, Cant and Dibell, JJ., affirming the order of the municipal court, defendant appealed to the supreme court.
1Opinion of the Court
■ELLIOTT, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the district court affirming an ■order of the municipal court of the city of Duluth overruling a demurrer to the complaint. The appeal involves the construction and applica*24tion of chapter 248, p. 459, Laws 1897. The action is brought against the city to recover damages claimed to have been caused by the negligence of the city in allowing water to escape from a defective water pipe and flow upon the plaintiff's abutting property. The leak continued during all the time between October 30, 1900, and September 1, 1903, and the action was not brought…
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