Layer v. City of Buffalo

These actions, grounded in negligence, were originally brought in the City Court of Buffalo, asking property damages against the defendant municipality, arising by reason of cellars flooded through the breaking of a water main owned and maintained by the city of Buffalo. The plaintiffs were nonsuited at the close of their case, the complaint being dismissed. Upon appeal to the Supreme Court the judgment was reversed and a new trial ordered. Upon further appeal to the Appellate Division, the judgment of the Supreme Court was unanimously reversed, the nonsuit reinstated, and permission granted…