Legal Opinion

Collett v. Mayor

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 15, 1900PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, Edwin Collett, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 27th day of October, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Rumsey, J.:

Down to the month of April, 1897, there existed on the west side of Riverside drive in the city of Hew York next to the bridle path a foot path which had been separated from the bridle path by a narrow strip of grass and a line of curbing. At that time a bicycle path was laid out upon the easterly portion of the foot path so that it lay between the bridle path and the remaining portion of the foot path. • Shortly after it was constructed there were made, opposite the place where One Hundred and Eighth street entered the Riverside drive, openings by which persons coming out of One…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ivory v. . Town of DeerparkNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  2. Clemence v. . City of AuburnNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
  3. Kiernan v. The Mayor of the City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
  4. Munk v. City of WatertownNew York Supreme Court · 1893
  5. O'Rourke v. The Mayor, Aldermen & Commonalty of the City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Perrotti v. BennettSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1920
  2. City of Nashville v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1941
  3. Murphy v. Incorporated Village of FarmingdaleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
  4. Albert v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
  5. Pitman v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910

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