Case ID: ad_249/html/0668-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Hershey Beverage Corporation, Appellant, v. City of Schenectady, Respondent.
   The plaintiff brought a negligence action against the defendant city for damages due to the flooding of its premises. It is alleged that the city failed to install and maintain “ Sewers of size sufficient to drain said rainfall without flooding the street,” and by improperly installing a sewer drain in the street; that plaintiff’s premises were flooded on two separate dates, during and after rain storms. The answer is a general denial. The jury could have found from the evidence that plaintiff’s cellar was damp at all times; that its premises were at a low level in that section of the city; that the sewers were adequate for ordinary needs; that the sewers were in good condition; that on the days in question the rainfall was of extraordinary quantity; that the plaintiff’s own outlets to the sewers were not properly maintained. The jury returned a verdict of no cause of action. Judgment, and order denying motion to set aside verdict and for a new trial, unanimously affirmed, with costs. Present — Hill, P. J., Rhodes, MeNamee, Crapser and Heffernan, JJ.