City of Indianapolis v. Lawyer

The appellees sued the city. In the amended fourth paragraph of the complaint, which was the only paragraph held by the court to be sufficient, they alleged, that on the 7th day of May, 1865, they leased for a term of ten years certain real property in said city, and erected thereon a large and commodious warehouse, with steam elevators, for the purpose of storing and moving large quantities of grain or other produce; that there was by nature a free and easy drainage of said ground, and that the water falling on and flowing by or over said ground naturally had a free and easy and rapid exit…