Mayor of Baltimore v. Schnitker
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. At the trial the plaintiff offered the following prayers: Plaintiffs ist Prayer.—That if the jury find from the evidence that the defendant built the culvert or underground sewer, spoken of by the witnesses, under and along the bed of North Eden street, in front of the property of the plaintiff, and that the said culvert or sewer was intended to receive and carry off the surface water in times of rain from a section of the city to the…
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. At the trial the plaintiff offered the following prayers: Plaintiffs ist Prayer.—That if the jury find from the evidence that the defendant built the culvert or underground sewer, spoken of by the witnesses, under and along the bed of North Eden street, in front of the property of the plaintiff, and that the said culvert or sewer was intended to receive and carry off the surface water in times of rain from a section of the city to the north of the plaintiff’s property to a point south of the same, and finally into the waters of the basin; and shall…
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
This is an action brought by the plaintiff (appellee here) for the recovery of damages alleged to have been sustained by him, in consequence of the water getting into his cellar *41on July 5th, 1895, when there was an extraordinary fall of rain. The defendant (appellant here) had constructed one of its sewers, called Harford Run, under the bed of North Eden street, between Madison and McElderry streets, and along the front of plaintiff’s premises in Baltimore City. Upon the occasion of the 5th of July, just mentioned, a large quantity of water, mud, and other debris burst out of the man-hole of…
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