Connolly v. Bursch
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the plaintiff, Helen Connolly, for a new trial upon a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court on the opening upon a trial at the Kings County Trial Term in April, 1909.
1Opinion of the Court
Rich, J.:
This is an action to recover damages for a personal injury occasioned in consequence of the plaintiff’s fall upon an icy sidewalk. The action is brought against the owner of the property, who is also alleged to be* the plaintiff’s landlord. The complaint alleges the ownership, that an ordinance of the city of New York required that “Every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person having charge of any building or lot of ground in the city, abutting upon any street, avenue or public place where the sidewalk is paved, shall, within four hours after the snow ceases to fall, or…
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- Moore v. . GadsdenNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
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