Connolly v. T. L. James Co.

CHASEZ, Judge.

Plaintiff, Bertha C. Connolly, seeks to recover damages to her driveway and walkway allegedly caused by activities of the defendant, T. L. James & Company, Inc., in connection with the installation of a sewer line fronting on plaintiff’s property. From a judgment awarding plaintiff $650.00 defendant appeals.

The substance of the complaint is that defendant was negligent in the manner in which it dug the excavation for the sewer line and laid the pipe, which resulted in rain water flowing into the excavation carrying with it quantities of soil, causing the concrete slab driveway,…