Ringwalt v. Borough
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 77, Oct. T., 1911, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Chester Co., Aug. T., 1910, No. Ill, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Jacob P. Ringwalt v. Atglen Borough. Trespass to recover damages for the flooding of a cellar. Before Butler, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The plaintiff in this action of trespass filed a statement averring that the defendant borough had constructed and maintained, “across and under Main Street and thence along and under Valley Road, a sewer, for the purpose of carrying the water that falls upon and along the highways of the borough and collects therein; that said sewer was constructed and is maintained in so negligent and unskillful a manner that the water which should flow through the same and away from plaintiff’s property is caused to back and flow into the cellar of the house thereof, rendering it damp…
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