Randall v. City of Chadron

This is an appeal from a consolidated action brought against the city of Chadron, a paving contractor, and a subcontractor, to recover damages occasioned by the flooding, by water overflowing from gutters in the street, of the basements of stores owned and operated by the respective plaintiffs. No service was had upon the other defendants, and the action proceeded to a judgment against the city, from which it has appealed.

The evidence is substantially to the etfect that in 1920 the city entered into a contract with the Ford Paving Company to curb, gutter and pave certain streets in the city…