Lautman v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 1st day of February, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 6th day of February, 1912, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:
The only point made against the plaintiff’s recovery of $2,000 for injury to the goods in his store from defendant’s sewer overflowing is, that the notice of the intention to commence the action and the place where the damages were incurred or sustained did not contain “ a verified statement showing in detail the property alleged to have been damaged or destroyed, and the value thereof,” as' required by section 261 of the Greater New York Charter (Laws of 1907, chap. 677). The notice states that on a given date “ certain property consisting of merchandise belonging to the…
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