Donnelly v. State

This claim is prosecuted pursuant to the consent given by the Legislature that the State be sued under chapter 713 of the Laws of 1927, which confers jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, audit and determine the claimant’s claim and if the said court find that the death of Edward J. Donnelly, Jr., was caused by any negligence of the State of New York, its officers, agents or employees in the “ construction and maintenance of said highway and the approaches thereto, and the location and route thereof,” the court may make an award herein.

It is claimed that claimant’s intestate came to…