Fewell v. City of Meridian

Citations

• 90 Miss. 380
• 43 So. 438

Syllabus

<p>1. Municipalities. Defects in sewers and drains. Notice. Adoption of drain.</p> <p>Where a municipality assumed and exercised control and dealt with a manhole and a cross-pipe as parts of its drainage system, it is liable to the owner of adjacent premises for damages resulting from their wrongful construction, if, being duly notified of the defects, it fail to make correction, although the cross-pipe was originally placed in position by a previous owner of the premises.</p> <p>2. Same. Insufficient drainage.</p> <p>A municipality is liable for damages due to the insufficiency of an artificial drain substituted by it for one originally on plaintiff’s premises.</p>