Ingram v. City of Hickory

Plaintiff owns a lot of land containing about 4 acres, situate partly within and partly without the corporate limits of the city of Hickory. A dwelling-house containing 8 rooms is located on this lot which has been occupied by plaintiff as a residence for about 13 years. The lot is situate near the southern limits of the city at the end of Eighth Street. About three years prior to the commencement of this action, on 22 September, 1923, defendant, a municipal corporation, constructed two sewers within its corporate limits, both of which emptied some distance from plaintiff’s lot, one on the…