Bear v. City of Allentown
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 94, Jan. T., 1892, by plaintiff, Solomon Bear, from judgment of C. P. Lebigb Co., April T., 1888, No. 45, refusing to take off nonsuit. Trespass for damages to property.
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Appeal, No. 94, Jan. T., 1892, by plaintiff, Solomon Bear, from judgment of C. P. Lebigb Co., April T., 1888, No. 45, refusing to take off nonsuit. Trespass for damages to property. The facts shown at the trial before Reeder, P. J., specially presiding, were as follows:' Plaintiff brought this common law action, under the provisions of article XVI, section 8, of the constitution, to recover damages occasioned by water backing up on the street in front of his premises, by reason of a sewer constructed by defendant being insufficient to carry it off. The water overflowed into the cellar of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Curiam,
We affirm this judgment upon the opinion of the learned judge below on the motion to strike off the compulsory nonsuit.
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