City of Bloomington v. Pollock

Appellee brought case against the appellant city, and recovered a judgment for damages, which was affirmed in the-Appellate Court. The substance of his claim is, that the city-raised the level of Washington street in front of the premises-owned and occupied by him as a residence and paved it with. brick, and thereby overflowed his premises with" water, and deposited large quantities of clay and soil upon the same, destroying his grass and lawn, etc.,"and left his lot and house so-much below the level of said street that it became inconvenient and unsafe to enter the premises from the street.…