Platt v. Village of Oneonta
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Katherine E. Platt, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in thé office of the clerk of the county of Otsego on the 30th day of December, 1902, upon the decision of the court rendered after, a- trial at the Otsego Trial Term, the jury having been discharged, dismissing the complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Chase, J.:
One Andrew H. Platt was the owner of lands along the south side of Chestnut street in the village of QneOnta, which had a frontage on said street of 263-J feet. He also owned the fee of the street iii front of said lands to the center of said street. On June 20, 1898, the trustees of said village passed a resolution directing that a sidewalk be laid along the south side of said Chestnut street. Said Andrew H. Platt then had a gravel sidewalk within the bounds of said street, immediately in front of his abutting property. Soon after said resolution was passed the defendant caused to…
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