Stone v. Town of Poland
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Chautauqua county. Action by Cleon Stone against the town of Poland. There was a verdict for plaintiff for $1,000. Prom the judgment entered thereon, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMacomber, J.
The verdict was rendered upon a complaint demanding damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff through the negligence of the commissioner of highways of the town of Poland, by which the plaintiff, on the 22d day of May, 1887, received personal injuries. After passing the bridge over Conewango creek, the horse then driven by the plaintiff, either through fright at the new structure erected near the highway or by accidentally stepping into a hole in the highway, caused the plaintiff to be thrown down an embankment.
The main question in the case was whether the commissioner of…
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