Wiesel v. Smira

In 1892 in Providence a public sewer ran through Elmwood avenue and another one was laid through Adelaide avenue. At the southeast corner of Adelaide and Elmwood avenues a parcel of land was owned by one person. On the land were four houses. In 1893' the owner of said houses secured permission of the city and laid a sewer drain entirely on his own property, said drain starting at the rear of the most easterly house on Adelaide avenue and connecting with the Elmwood avenue sewer. The pipe was buried in the ground at the rear and outside of both houses on Adelaide avenue and passed about two…