City of Vicksburg v. Richardson

Citations

• 90 Miss. 1
• 42 So. 234

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities. Sewerage. Nuisances.</p> <p>A city is liable for damages if it fail, after notice, to prevent private sewage being emptied into the gutters along the sides of its streets whereby offal is carried to and collected on a vacant lot, creating a nuisance and rendering a near-by dwelling house uninhabitable.</p>