Legal Opinion
Beck v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 16, 1960PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarold Tessler, J.
This is an action by a large number of resident property owners in the Hollis and Bellaire sections of Queens County to recover damages resulting from the flooding of their land and dwellings due to the overflowing of the sewers in that area.
The complaint specifically alleges two separate causes of action (1) that the defendant constructed a storm sewer of insufficient capacity and thereafter negligently maintained it and (2) the defendant negligently granted building permits for new construction in the area and negligently permitted these new owners to connect into the already overburdened…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Wilson v. Mayor of New YorkCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Mills v. . City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Seifert v. . City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Johnston v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Urquhart v. . City of OgdensburgNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Barney's Furniture Warehouse of Newark, Inc. v. City of NewarkSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
- Vanguard Tours, Inc. v. Town of YorktownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Beck v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1962
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