City of Laurel v. Hearn

The appellee instituted suit in the circuit court against the city of Laurel seeking to recover damages for an alleged injury to a lot owned by him and on which is located a storehouse, and from a judgment for the appellee for two hundred dollars this appeal was prosecuted.

The declaration alleges:

That the appellee is the owner of a lot situated on the corner of Eleventh avenue and Washington street, on which is located a storehouse; that prior to the opening of said streets the -natural drainage from the high ground to the north and west of said property flowed in a southwestward course; that…