Supreme Court of Iowa October 5, 1877 (Ross v. City of Clinton)

lead-opinion

Beck, J.

x. municipal damages:011'' pleading. I. The cause of action set out in the first paragraph of the petition is based on the act of the city in author-izing the water works company to lay water pipes a^ong Eleventh avenue. This act is alleged to have been negligently done by the city.