City of Springfield v. Clement

In this suit the city of Springfield seeks to recover by way of indemnity the amount of the judgment, which it was compelled to pay in the personal injury suit of Annie M. Abbott against such city. The basis of plaintiff’s claim is that the injury to(Miss Abbott, for which defendant was held liable in that case, was due primarily to the negligence of one Otis L. Milligan, the owner of the property abutting on the sidewalk where Miss Abbott fell and was injured, in that he negligently permitted certain down spouts carrying water from the roof of said building to become leaky and out of repair…