City of Elgin v. Kimball

Mr. Chief Justice

Craig delivered the opinion of the Court:

This was an action on the case, brought by appellees against the city of Elgin, to recover damages caused by flooding the basement of a building occupied by them on a certain street in the city. The flooding occurred, as is alleged, by reason of the negligent conduct of the city in permitting the mouth of a sewer on the street to become filled up with stones, sticks and debris, thus diverting the water across the street into the basement of appellees’ building. A trial of the cause before a jury resulted in a judgment in favor of…