LEVENE ET UX. v. City of Salem

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• holding that “periodic flooding” of plaintiffs’ building by city’s redirection of standing water to promote health of city inhabitants was ground for trespass liability from which governmental immunity did not protect
• city held liable for creating a public nuisance by diverting the flow of a stream onto the plaintiffs’ land and flooding their building

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