Hurd v. State

Claimants sue to recover damages which they allege were caused by the negligence of the State of New York, its agents, servants and employees, in releasing and discharging an excessive amount of water from the Barge Canal into a stream of water known as Sandy Creek, in or near the village of Holley, New York, on or about the 3d day of March, 1943, and on days subsequent thereto, which water thus discharged, overflowed the banks of said creek and inundated part of claimants’ farm located on the Ridge Road, town of Murray, Orleans County, New York, killing and destroying a number of cherry…