Christman v. State

Claimant’s properties, abutting upon State Highway 12B and known by numbers 10 and 15 Franklin Avenue, in the village of Clinton, were damaged on September 25, 1945, by flood waters which, because of the inadequacy of certain culverts and the storm-water sewer system thereat, had overflowed onto the highway and the property adjacent thereto. The highway had been constructed by the State in 1910, reconstructed in 1928 and, since its original construction, was maintained, patrolled and supervised by it. As a necessary adjunct, the State undertook in 1910 to establish a storm-water sewer system,…