Rice v. City of Flint

This is an action on the case to recover from the defendant for raising the grade of a portion of Saginaw street without taking any precaution or providing means for taking care of the surface water, which, by the change of such grade, was caused to flow upon plaintiff’s premises, causing injury to his buildings.

The plaintiff introduced evidence tending to prove that the buildings owned by him were erected prior to 1882; they were upon the west side of Saginaw street, and adjoined the Flint river j that prior to 1882 the surface water passing down and along the west side of said street ran…