Slocum v. County of Madison

Appeal from an order of Madison County Special Term (Zeller, J.) denying defendant county’s motion to dismiss the complaint in each action insofar as it alleged a cause of action on behalf of William H. Slocum, and granting plaintiff William H. Slocum’s motion to be allowed to file an amended or supplemental notice of claim.

The actions arose out of an accident which occurred July 30, 1957 when an automobile owned by plaintiff William H. Slocum and driven by his wife struck a tree limb, which had fallen into the highway and remained there allegedly because of the negligence of defendant…