Pittman v. City of Amarillo

COUNTISS, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment denying any recovery to appellants, Floyd Pittman and wife Freda Pittman, hereafter “the Pittmans,” in their suit against appellee, the City of Amarillo, hereafter “Amarillo,” entered pursuant to a directed verdict granted Amarillo by the trial court after the parties closed the evidence. The following two questions are presented: (1) do the Pittmans have a cause of action against Amarillo for damages caused by the plugging and removal of a portion of the Pittman’s private sewer line located under a public street; and (2) are the Pittmans…