Brown v. State

On August 18, 1949, there was a heavy rain in the vicinity of Rochester, N. Y. On State Highway Route 383, known as the Scottsville-Mumford Road, near the residence of Paul Skivington, a storm sewer, which was part of the highway, was inadequate to take the quick runoff which flowed from the high land nearby. The water pooled and a stretch of the road was covered with debris and mud. After the rain had stopped, the claimant was driving his automobile from east to west on the *500highway. It was daylight. The road was a straightaway for at least 1,200 or 1,300 feet and practically level. There was…