Eddy v. Village of Ellicottville
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Margaret Eddy, as administratrix, etc., of William 0. Eddy, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Cattaraugus on the 1st day of June, 1898, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court upon the opening of the case to the jury by the plaintiffs counsel.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, J.:
The facts of this case, succinctly stated, ,are as follows, viz.: The defendant is a municipal corporation, created under the provisions of the general act of 1870 relative to the incorporation of villages (Chap. 291) and the acts amendatory thereof.
In virtue of the power and authority conferred upon it by the provisions of that act, it is alleged and not denied that “ the defendant kept, maintained, possessed and controlled a village lockup, situated on the public square in said village of Ellicottville in which the defendant and its police officers regularly confined and caused…
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