Buono v. City of Boston

This is an action of tort to recover damages for alleged negligence of the defendant in so operating and maintaining its public water supply system as to flood the plaintiff’s cellar with water. The judge found for the plaintiff. The only question presented by the report is whether there was any evidence to support a finding that damages to the plaintiff were caused by negligence of the defendant.

There was evidence from which the following facts could be found: The plaintiff was the owner of a forty-two-family apartment building on Hanover Street in Boston. Greenough Lane ran behind the…