Montezuma Garden Co. v. State

This claimant seeks to recover the sum of $6,180.36, the value of growing crops on its garden lands which were a reclaimed portion of the Montezuma swamp, which it claims were destroyed on or about September 13, 1913, by the flooding of said lands.

It claims that the flooding was caused by the negligent operation •of the old Erie canal by the State and in particular by the operation of gates in lock 52 and in the Richmond aqueduct in such a manner as to suddenly discharge so large a volume of water into the Seneca river as to cause it to overflow its banks and flood this claimant’s lands and…