Jones v. State

The State appeals from a judgment of the Court of Claims entered against it for $2,500, in favor of Harriet Jones, and in favor of her husband, James Henry Archibald *255Jones, for the further sum of $1,278. The claims arose out of an assault which occurred January 25, 1938, when an insane inmate of the Hudson River State Hospital escaped and inflicted injuries upon Harriet Jones at her home in the city of Poughkeepsie.

The trial court has found that the assault upon Harriet Jones occurred and the injuries and damages were sustained by reason of the negligence and fault of the State, its officers…