Cole v. City of Des Moines

The petition recites that in paving Euclid Avenue, the City of Des Moines negligently failed to provide sufficient openings or drainage facilities to take care of surface water which, during hard rains, came down the street from the west and gathered at the bottom of the decline; that such quantities of water were gathered at the base of the decline that the intakes on each side of the street would not take care of the water; that it was precipitated over the curb and sidewalk and entered upon the premises of the plaintiff, spreading over a considerable portion of them and causing the…