Crawford v. City of Meridian

RODGERS, Justice.

Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Crawford, appellants, filed a suit against the City of Meridian, Mississippi, Stanley T. Harrill and Mrs. Helen E. Harrill, appellees, for property damages alleged to have been caused by the negligent blocking of a water drain by the City of Meridian, and the negligent filling up of a swale water drain by Mr. and Mrs. Harrill.

This case was tried at the April 1965 term of the Circuit Court of Lauderdale 'County, Mississippi, resulting in a jury verdict in favor of the defendants. Plaintiffs made a motion for a new trial and after the motion was overruled,…