Sweet v. Conley

The relator sets out, in substance, that he is the owner of certain real estate, situate on Cranston street in the town of Cranston; that on the 27th of November, 1886, the town council of said town, in accordance with the provisions of the statute in such case made and provided, established a grade for said street from the Pocasset bridge northerly for a considerable portion of said street; that said grade was .uniform, the lowest point in which was at said bridge, and rising therefrom passed the real estate of the relator at a uniform rise, so that the surface water flowed down said street…