Boyer v. City of Tacoma

This is an action for damages claimed to have been suffered by appellants by reason of the fact that the main sewer to which their property was connectéd became clogged or overtaxed causing the sewage to be deposited upon their property. The facts are as follows:

Appellants are the owners of certain premises on South Park avenue in Tacoma. In 1927 they built a new house on these premises with a basement seven and a half feet deep. By means of a connection run from their basement, they were joined to the sewer running through an alley some sixty feet distant from their house, there being a drop…