Water Works and Sewer Board of Fairhope v. Brown

MERRILL, Justice.

Appellees brought suit against City of Fairhope and the Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Fairhope for damages to their home caused by its flooding with sewage. The trial court gave the general charge for City of Fairhope, and submitted the cause to the jury as to appellant. The jury returned a verdict in favor of appellees for $1,500.

This cause was here previously as the result of a nonsuit taken by the present appellees when the demurrer to their complaint was sustained. We reversed and remanded, Brown v. City of Fairhope, 265 Ala. 596, 93 So.2d 419. The cause was…