Legal Opinion
Martin v. City of Cohoes
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 11, 1975PublishedCited by 384 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuchsberg, J.
Plaintiff commenced this personal injury action to recover damages allegedly sustained as a result of a fall when her shoe became wedged in a crevice between the curbstone and adjoining public sidewalk. In answer to the complaint, the defendant City of Cohoes pleaded that plaintiff failed to comply with a local ordinance (Cohoes City Charter, § 192; L 1915, ch 130, as amd) which required that the Common Council or the Commissioner of Public Works have prior actual notice of the defective condition. At a pretrial conference, defendant’s attorney supplied the court with a copy of the…
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