Lee v. Town of Saratoga
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Town of Saratoga and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rensselaer on the 23d day of May, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,500, and also from two orders entered in said clerk’s office on the 9 th and 18th days of June, 1913, respectively, denyr ing the separate motions of the two defendants for new trials, which motions were made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, P. J.:
The action is brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by reason of a defective bridge which connected the *113west bank of the Hudson river in the town of Saratoga with an island in said river. At this point the river is the dividing line between the county of Saratoga and the county of Washington. Hear the middle of the river is an island. A bridge runs from the west shore of the river to the island and from the island to the town of Easton upon the east side of the river. Between the two bridges or spans a highway runs across the island about 200 feet. This double bridge…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In re Town of SaratogaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- Clarke v. WestcottAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
3Cited by2 opinions
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- People ex rel. City of Glens Falls v. County of WarrenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915