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Here again, is a case in which two or more houses belonging to
different owners are connected with a public sewer by a single private
drain, and in the event of the drainage system being repaired or relaid,
a fair apportionment can be made upon each house.
Frequently, however, instances occur in which two or more houses
belong to the same owner. For instance, in the sketch below the plan
of drainage is exactly similar to that in the previous sketch, but the
two end houses on the right belong to one owner instead of two
owners. The drainage of these two houses is exactly the same as that
of the last two houses belonging to Mr. Jackson in the Wimbledon
case, and by that decision the local authority and not the owner is
responsible for the sewer B C.
Moreover, by the Wood Green decision no apportionment can be
made upon the owner of these two houses in respect of repairs to the
single private drain B A, although that drain is as necessary to his
houses as to each of the others. That an owner successful enough to
to be able to possess two houses should be relieved of a burden