Bedell v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Elmer Y. Bedell, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 1st day of August, 1904, denying the plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend the complaint after its dismissal by the court at the New York Trial Term, and denying his motion to vacate such dismissal.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
This is an action brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff through the alleged negligence of the defendant. It is provided by statute (Laws of 1886, chap. 572) that no action against the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of any city of this State having 50,000 inhabitants or over, for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of such mayor, aldermen and commonalty, shall be maintained unless notice of the intention to commence such action and of the time and place at which the injuries were received…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Missano v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Hatch v. . Central National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Krall v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Patterson v. HochsterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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