Pound v. Garden City School District

Defendant school district owned a school building, water from the. roof of which was drained through a downspout onto a cement culvert. The culvert discharged the water onto and across the public sidewalk which bordered the school building. As a result the sidewalk became coated with ice upon which plaintiff Genevieve Pound slipped and fell, sustaining injuries. Her declaration and her husband’s (suit was also started by Mr. Pound to recover his resulting damages) alleging these facts were dismissed by the trial court upon defendant’s motion, the trial court reluctantly concluding that upon…