Peters v. City of Tampa

An amended declaration alleged that the defendant City of Tampa, by an artificial construction of its own, confined a natural stream of water in a concrete sewer and thereby so augmented the natural force and violence of the water flowing therein against the sandy banks of the stream on the portions thereof which were not so confined, as to undermine said banks of said stream; that adjacent to the banks of the stream was a large open space of ground used as' a playground for children; that to such natural playground, children had for a long time been accustomed to resort to play; that by…