Legal Opinion

D'Anna v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 9, 1945PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

In an action by plaintiff wife to recover damages for personal injuries, claimed to have been caused by a defect existing in a street, between two rails of a track upon which the defendant City was engaged in the operation of a street surface railroad, and by her husband to recov'er for expenses and loss of services, the complaint was dismissed at the close of plaintiffs’ case. Judgment affirmed, with costs. There was no evidence of either actual or constructive notice to the City of the alleged defective condition. The contention of appellants that a prima facie case was made out under…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Worster v. Forty-Second Street & Grand Street Ferry RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
  2. City of New York v. . Brooklyn City R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1922
  3. City of New York v. . WhitridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
  4. MacCormack v. Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1943

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Marguess v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1968

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