Klepper v. Seymour House Corp., of Ogdensburg, Inc.

The plaintiff, while walking northerly on the easterly sidewalk of State street in the city of Ogdensburg, was struck on the head by a mass of snow and ice which fell from the cornice of a four-story building, owned' by the defendant, the Seymour House Corporation. This action was thereupon brought against the Seymour House Corporation and the city of Ogdensburg to recover damages for the injuries sustained. On the first trial of her action the plaintiff claimed that the building from which the snow and ice fell encroached upon State street, and was, therefore, a nuisance. She also claimed…