Jaked v. Board of Education
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Rose Jessie Jaked, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany on the 11th day of December, 1920, upon an order setting aside the verdict in favor of plaintiff and dismissing the complaint, and also from the order, entered in said clerk’s office on the 8th day of November, 1920, setting aside the verdict for $400 and directing the dismissal of the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Kirk, J.:
Plaintiff, a girl seven years of age, on November 22, 1918, was attending school No. 1 on Bassett street in the city of Albany. The school building is erected immediately upon the street line. The main entrance to the schoolhouse, intended for the use of teachers and visitors to the school, is on_Bassett street. There is a vestibule, the floor of which is on the level with the street, extending several feet deep, from the rear of which floor are a number of steps leading up to the front door of the building. At the entrance to this vestibule ar.e two large iron swinging gates,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Kinnare v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
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- Ham v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
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