Durr v. Village of Green Island
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Albany county. Action by John G. Durr against the village of Green Island for personal injuries. From a judgment dismissing the complaint, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMayham, P. J.
The plaintiff brought this action for an alleged injury resulting to him from a fall on the sidewalk in the village of defendant, which fall plaintiff alleged he suffered by reason of the defendant’s negligence in suffering ice to accumulate thereon. The evidence shows that during a portion of the month of November, and down to the last of that month, snow and ice had accumulated on the sidewalk on Pine street, in that village, and had not been removed by the village authorities, and that the same was about six inches in depth at that time, and that, by reason of pedestrians passing over it,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Taylor v. . City of YonkersNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Searles v. . Manhattan Railway CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Kaveny v. . the City of TroyNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Tobey v. City of HudsonNew York Supreme Court · 1888
3Cited by2 opinions
- Kelly v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
- McPherson v. City of BuffaloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897