Show IT n vr ir S U E K K S W T 1 V BT alo ul ACT FIRST SUIT HAS BEEN BROUGHT AGAINST THE CITY martin mora 1 ns place damaged and an d negligence on oa partog city officials Is alleged this afternoon afternoon afarin baloran through his attora attorney ey joseph chez filed with wath city recorder critchlow a 9 claim against the city for damage and injuries sustained to his dw dwelling house and premises by flood occasioned by the dorm of the tile last few days and asks tor for as damages mr alir moran who resides at 2726 madison avenue alleges in his claim that his premises were inundated flooded and gub submerged merged by water to a depth of four or five feet and band said promises damaged and injured thereby caused by I 1 the negligent and detective defective system of drainage maintained by ogden city in block 2 plat 1113 D which is bounded by I 1 11 and nd streets and madison and monroe avenues and because of the obstructed condition of the culvert tile and con conduit dult located about nebout the cent center erand and cast east side of madison avenue between and that said sewer tile and conduit Is only 24 inches in diameter grossly and that the samo same has been maintained in a negligent and reckless manner and condition it being obstruct obstructed eI with refuse and debris so much so that it is unable to carry its capacity of water ana drainage and instead of carrying its full capacity of 24 inches of drainage it has been in such negligent condition that it has not been able to carry over seven inches of drainage claimant further alleges that in the summer of 1900 1906 after repeated notification 4 on his part councilman moyes and street supervisor wight wright acting for and arid in behalf of said ogden city inspected said sali drainage system for said block and also said sewer tilo tile and pipe line and therefore said ogden city has hns had hd ample notice of the negligent and obstructed condition tion in which said sewer bewer tile and conduit was in and also of the defect defective iv manner in which said sewer tile and culvert was maintained it Is reported that a number of oth er claims will bo be filed by parties in the same locality against the city for damages sustained by the flood of the past few days caused by the bail condition in which the cli culverts cu lverts and sewers of the city were maintained |