Newell v. Town of Stony Point
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Town of Stony Point, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rockland on the 11th day of June, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order bearing date the 18th day of May, 1900, and entered in said clerk’s office, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff seeks to recover for personal injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of the defendant in the care and maintenance of a óertain highway in the town 'of Stony Point. There was evidence: from which the jury might find that the particular highway was known to be in a dangerous condition for a period of some months before the happening of the accident complained of; that the highway commissioner was notified of the fact and promised to make repairs, but that no work was done upon the road during the year in which the accident happened. The plaintiff, a woman…
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