Smith v. State

This claim was made against the state for the destruction of the dam and hydro-electric plant *684owned by the claimant and located at Solsville, N. Y., on the 11th day of June, 1917. The damages were alleged to have been caused by the negligent acts of the state in the construction and operation of a section of Chenango canal whereby a large body of water which in its natural state had been tributary to and had flowed into the Chenango river running southerly, had been so diverted as to cause the same or a large portion to run northerly and to 'be discharged into Oriskany creek near Solsville…