Matthews v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, The City of Few York and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the. plaintiff, ■entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 6th day of June, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,600, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 4th day of June, 1902, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made •upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The action is brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff through the negligence of the defendants in suffering a coal hole and the covering thereto in the sidewalk in front of premises No. 1901 Washington avenue in the city of New York to remain in a defective condition dangerous to public travel. The accident occurred at about half-past nine o’clock in the evening of the 2d day of March, 1901. The appellant Dugan was the owner of the abutting premises for the convenience of which the coal hole was constructed. There was a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Clifford v. . DamNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Hanscom v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
3Cited by2 opinions
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