Legal Opinion
Aber v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided January 28, 1952No. Claim No. 30816PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtGorman, J.
The claim is for negligence of the State in locating, setting or attending a fox trap on land near Wilson Creek in the town of Geneva, Ontario County, New York. The claimant was the owner of a female black and tan coon hound which had been purchased a month or two before the accident. The dog was in the custody of Seymour McLeod who lived on Boss Boad across from a farm of 130 acres belonging to Elmer Boss. About one-half mile north from the buildings on the Boss farm there was a small piece of unimproved woodland owned by Hattie Oughterson. In the early morning of June 4, 1949, McLeod let…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Walsh v. Fitchburg RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Nicholson v. . the Erie Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Phelps v. . RaceyNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Barrett v. . State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Carbone v. MacKchil Realty Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1947
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Dog Owners Ass'n of New York State, Inc. v. HilleboeNew York Supreme Court · 1953