Sisco v. City of Huntsville

Action in damages against the city of Huntsville and others for alleged negligence in the construction and maintenance of sewers resulting in injury to plaintiff’s property.

Plaintiff’s evidence tended to show a manhole on Pratt avenue, part of the system of sanitary sewers, had the cover misplaced and some bricks removed; that during a heavy rainstorm waters entered the manhole at an elevation above the point of plaintiff’s connection ; that mud and debris choked the sewer at a point below plaintiff’s connection; and as a consequence plaintiff’s residence was flooded through the toilet,…