Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided April 26, 1962No. Claim No. 37780; Claim No. 37781PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRichard S. Heller, J.
These claims by husband and wife are for damages sustained to their person and property when two large trees bordering the right of way of Boute 17-C fell during a storm and struck the car owned by Emrys Jones, Sr., in which Myrtle Jones was a passenger.
The claimants, riding in a 1958 Oldsmobile, were proceeding westerly on Boute 17-C just east of the Village of Owego at about 7:45 p.m. on August 31, 1958. The weather was threatening and there had been some wind and rain when a tree located on the south side of the highway fell on the front of the car. Almost immediately another tree from the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Embler v. . Town of WallkillNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Messinger v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1944
- Brown v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1945
- Tagg v. City of LockportAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
- Julian v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1946
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