Weber v. City of Hurley

In the course of building a home on leased land near the intersection of Copper and First streets in the city of Hurley, plaintiff applied to the city for permission to make cbnnection to the sewerage main in said intersection. With the city’s knowledge plaintiff hired one Matt Johnson, who made the basement excavation for the home, to dig a trench from the sewer main to the home. The city reserved the right to break the paved surface of the street and to determine the location, depth, and direction of the digging.

Johnson first dug a square hole, about five feet by five feet, approximately…