In H.R. Moch Co. v. Rensselaer Water Co., (247 NY 160 [1928]), the court held that defendant, a water supply company under contract to a city, was not liable for damages to a resident for failure to supply water adequate to extinguish a fire. The Moch court held that the failure to supply water constituted the denial of a benefit but did not constitute an actionable wrong, essentially for public policy reasons of limiting utilities' tort liability.