Wallace v. Village of Canandaigua
New York Supreme Court
Action by John Henry Wallace against the Village of Canandaigua. Verdict for plaintiff for $2,000 for injuries sustained by his horse becoming frightened at a monument erected at a street intersection, .and defendant moves for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtSutherland, J.
The trustees of the village of Canandaigua were requested by Dr. Burrell, the superintendent of the Brigham *913Hall Sanitarium, in that village, to. permit him to place a boulder at the intersection of Thad Chapin and Bristol streets, to be marked as a monument in commemoration of the march of Gen. Sullivan and his army through that region in the year 1779, and a resolution was passed granting Dr. Burrell the permission solicited, and a committee of the trustees was appointed to see to it that the proposed monument was suitably placed. Dr. Burrell, at his own expense, caused to be removed from a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Halstead v. Village of WarsawAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
3Cited by1 opinion
- Wallace v. Village of CanandaiguaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912