Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-12-11 | Page 3 | Flood Damages Are Obtained by a Japanese

m mm m OBTAINED BV A ; JAPANESE Judgp Nathan J. Harris ha rendered ren-dered a decision in favor of the plain tiff In the suit for damagro of Hen . 1 Kaneko against Ogden City and aKessed the damages at $:t87.77 The j issues wore heard by Judge Harris some time ago. Kaneku Claimed In his complaint that on Juno 24. 1013, the gutter ove-j ove-j flowed and that his store basement on lower Twenty-fifth street, was COVered with water sufflriently deep to damage a certainty quantity of his ftnc k of eoods and he claimed thai the rit VM responsible for th-- dam age, as the drain pipes and leweri were clogged to the extent that the 'flood of water could not pass through The rit contended that the overflow over-flow of water was caused by excessive exces-sive rain, over which the municipals . Iliad no control, and that the Japanese I not entitled to recover damagps lit is said that the case will be ap j oealed to the supreme court, and that : new trial will be requested by the . bltj oo