Larson v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 19th day of January, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 31st day of January, 1911, denying the defendant’s motion for a new tripl made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff was injured by falling upon an icy sidewalk in the borough of Brooklyn on the 8th day of February, 1908. The only question raised upon this appeal is whether there was evidence in the case which would justify the jury in finding that the defendant was negligent in reference to this walk. There was evidence that there was a heavy storm on or about *620the twenty-third day of January; that this was followed by a period of - mild weather; that this continued until about the ' first of February, at which time the weather became severe, remaining so up to the time of the…
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