Fife v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Knight

Affirming.

This is a suit brought by appellant against appellee in the sum of $2647.50 for damage to his home and destruction of his furniture, wearing apparel, food, vegetables and chickens occasioned by a flash flood in Dunleary Hollow, in which appellant resided, on the early morning of August 2, 1945. The petition alleges that appellee negligently constructed and maintained drain pipes under its fill at the mouth of said hollow; that the drain pipes were wholly insufficient to permit the escape of water and to care for the natural drainage in said hollow,…