Miller & Meyers v. City of Newport News
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Newport News, rendered December 12, 1901, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the plaintiffs in error were the plaintiffs, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
Plaintiffs in error are the joint owners of five vacant lots situated in the city of Newport News, fronting on Twenty-fifth street, and brought their action to recover damages of the city because of the condition in which it is alleged their lots are kept by reason of a certain ditch or drain which goes over them and empties into Newport News creek.
This action is based upon the theory that (1) the city, by artificial means and channels, collected the surface water along its streets and avenues, and poured the same upon the lots in question; (2) that, granting that some of this surface water…
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