John Wanamaker, New York v. . City of New York

Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered July 20, 1921, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict in an action to recover for damage to property alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff through the faulty construction of a sewer. Plaintiff conducts a department store on the easterly side of Broadway in the city of New York. The sewers were originally in the middle of the street but to afford room for the subway structure a new sewer was placed on the easterly side of the street close to the…