Kaveny v. . the City of Troy
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the ■'Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered upon an order made December 2, 1885, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the ■'Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered upon an order made December 2, 1885, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict. This action was brought to recover damages for injuries resulting from a fall upon a sidewalk of one of defendant’s streets, which sidewalk plaintiff alleged defendant had negligently permitted to become dangerous on account of an accumulation of snow and ice thereon. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
The general facts of this case bring it within -the doctrine of Taylor v. City of Yonkers (105 N. Y. 202). A month of severe weather, marked by storms of snow and a freezing temperature, had taxed to the utmost the ability of householders to keep their sidewalks clean, and all over the city and in every locality they were slippery and dangerous from packed and frozen snow and the formation of ice. In front of Congress Hall the walk had been regularly cleaned of snow, which was removed or swept off within a reasonable period after it had fallen; but the successive thawing and freezing, varied…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Taylor v. . City of YonkersNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Pomfrey v. . Village of Saratoga SpringsNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Todd v. . City of TroyNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
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- Lichtenstein v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
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