Chalkley v. City of Richmond

Citations

• 88 Va. 402
• 14 S.E. 339
• 1891 Va. LEXIS 52

Syllabus

<p>3. Mpxicipal Corporatioxs — Drains and sewers — Liability.—Where a person is permitted and aided by a city to alter the course of a sewer over which it has assumed control (it matters not by whom it was originally constructed), and such alteration is so negligently effected as to cause the water and filth to flow into the plaintiff’s cellar;</p> <p>Held :</p> <p>The city is liable for the damages resulting therefrom.</p> <p>2. Idem — Nuisance—Abatement—Liability.—A sewer controlled by a city and so constructed that it causes water and filth to flow into a private person’s cellar, is a nuisance, and if, when notified, it fails to abate it;</p> <p>Held :</p> <p>The. city is liable for the damages resulting therefrom.</p>