Workingman's Savings Bank & Trust Co. v. Pittsburgh

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

Plaintiff sued to recover the damages which it alleged were sustained by reason of defective work in the construction of a sewer in Madison Avenue in the City of Allegheny, now a part of the City of Pittsburgh, along the side of the property owned by plaintiff, and for a negligent failure to keep the sewer in repair, after notice that it was in need thereof. From the judgment entered on a verdict for plaintiff, the city appeals; and, — possibly because the recovery was so much less than the money actually expended by plaintiff in restoring the property to its…