Legal Opinion
Hawkins v. County of Oneida
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 15, 1944PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Habéis, J.
On August 25, 1941, while he was a passenger in an automobile which was traveling on a county highway in the County of Oneida, the plaintiff’s intestate, then a youth of fourteen years, met his death through an accident. The accident came about through the automobile’s leaving the road and hitting a tree which was located near the road. The plaintiff-respondent here in his complaint claims that such accident occurred because of the negligent construction and maintenance of such highway. The defendant-appellant, the County of Oneida, moved below for dismissal of the complaint and…
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