Eller v. City of Greensboro

We think only two main questions are involved in this case :(1) Tbe plaintiff contends that tbe duty defendant owed them — homeowners in tbe city of Greensboro — was not to carelessly and negligently *718grade and pave its streets so as to- collect and concentrate surface water greater than the natural quantity that flowed through their lot and discharge this increased and unnatural flow on their lot in such manner, mass and volume as to cause substantial injury to the same, without providing sufficient outlet. Defendant contends that it did not breach this duty.(2) If defendant breached this…