Brown v. Elliott
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal by defendant from a judgment entered on a verdict at trial term. Action for negligence. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.*—Robinson, J.
—This action was brought by plaintiffs, who were tenants occupying the first story and basement of a store in this city, against defendant, the occupant of the second and upper stories, for injury to their goods occasioned by an overflow of water on to their premises from defendant’s premises, occasioned, as is alleged, by the negligence of the defendant or his agents or servants, whereby plaintiffs’ goods were damaged and they were interrupted in the enjoy*330ment of their premises and business, and put to expense in removing and selling the damaged goods.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Button v. . the Hudson River Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Teerpenning v. . the Corn Exchange Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Deyo v. . New York Central Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Wehle v. HavilandNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1872
- MacDonell v. BuffomNew York Supreme Court · 1864
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