Judge v. City of Meriden
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Trespass on the case ; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven county, and tried before Phelps, J. The defendant was incorporated in 1867, and accepted the provisions of its charter, and has since that time, by its properly constituted authorities, acted under and in pursuance of its charter and of certain by-laws and ordinances authorized by and enacted under it.
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Trespass on the case ; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven county, and tried before Phelps, J. The defendant was incorporated in 1867, and accepted the provisions of its charter, and has since that time, by its properly constituted authorities, acted under and in pursuance of its charter and of certain by-laws and ordinances authorized by and enacted under it. The jfiaintiff, on the 10th of March, 1869, was the legal occupant of an apartment iñ a building situated on the westerly side of Pratt street, about seventy-five feet northerly from -its intersection with Main street. The…
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
The- injury of which the plaintiff complains was occasioned by an overflow of water from the street, upon the floor of the shop or saloon occupied by him for the sale of beer, wine and liquors..
In the first count of the declaration the plaintiff alleges that the streets and highways of the city became flooded with water from rains, and for want of suitable drains, gutters, and *96sluiceways, which the defendants were hound to provide, said water flowed into and upon the premises of the plaintiff. The second count- of the declaration sets forth that the defendants had provided, as it was their…
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