Price v. Dickson

CLAY, Commissioner.

The plaintiffs Dickson sued defendants Price for damages to their residence resulting from the flooding of their basement, allegedly caused by the negligent acts of defendants. The jury awarded plaintiffs $4,000 damages.

On this appeal defendants’ principal contentions are that they were entitled to a directed verdict and the damages are excessive.

Plaintiffs owned an $18,000 house in Ash-land on the north side of Woodland Avenue. The natural drainage of the property was in the direction of that street. Two storm sewers had been constructed under plaintiffs’ lot which emptied…