Roche v. City of Minneapolis

Magnet, Justice.

Plaintiffs recovered a verdict of $850 against defendant, the city of Minneapolis, in an action in which they claimed that water seeping through the floor of their basement damaged their property, caused, as they asserted, by the negligence of the city. The court on motion set aside the verdict and ordered judgment for defendant. The appeal is from the judgment entered on the order.

In 1935, plaintiffs built a home on York avenue between Forty-first and' Forty-second streets in Minneapolis. It was damaged on May 29 and 30, 1942, by water seeping into the basement from…