C. M. Bott Furniture Co. v. City of Buffalo

Charles B. Wheeler, Official Referee.

This action is brought to recover damages caused by the flooding of plaintiff’s factory by a flood which occurred February 12, 1918, when Scajaquada *625creek overflowed its banks and inundated adjacent territory. This creek ran in a westerly direction across the city of Buffalo. At various times this creek has overflowed its banks, but the flood of 1918 was the greatest in its history so far as rests in the memory of living witnesses. For a long distance within the city the land lying on either side of its banks is flat and low.

Many witnesses were called to…