Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York January 8, 1908 (Powers v. Village of Moravia)

Kruse, J.:

The proof tends to show, and the jury was justified in -finding, that the plaintiff fell and was injured on .the -sidewalk in question *192through the negligence of the officers of the defendant in permitting the conduits or sluiceways "for conducting surface water and surplus water from a watering trough to become clogged, thus causing it to run across to the opposite side of the