Griffin v. Town of Harrison
New York Court of Appeals
The sidewalk depression was of an insufficient depth to charge the defendant with negligence. (Eger v. City of New York, 206 App.
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The sidewalk depression was of an insufficient depth to charge the defendant with negligence. (Eger v. City of New York, 206 App. Div. 718; 239 N. Y. 561; Butler v. Village of Oxford, 186 N. Y. 444; Smith v. City of Albany, 261 N. Y. 240; Stakel v. City of Batavia, 260 N. Y. 628; Bryant v. Village of Potsdam, 253 N. Y. 524; Lalor v. City of New York, 208 N. Y. 431; Terry v. Village of Perry,- 199 N. Y. 79; Gastel v. City of New York, 194 N. Y. 15; Moroney v. City of New York, 190 N. Y. 560; Hamüton v. City of Buffalo, 173 N. Y. 72; Beltz v. City of Yonkers, 148 N. Y. 67; DePledge v. City of…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The plaintiff Beatrice A. Griffin fell and was injured at the junction of a concrete sidewalk and the wooden planking of a railroad bridge in the town of Harrison. This location is part of a highway reserved for the use of pedestrians and in respect to it the town was under a duty of reasonably safe maintenance. The inequality was abrupt and had existed for three years. Its greatest variance was two and three-quarters inches. Such a condition is common in all the cities, towns and villages in the State and does not constitute negligent maintenance for which the municipality is liable in…
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