Van Vranken v. Village of Clifton Springs
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Ontario county. Action by Mary A. Van Vranken against the Village of Clifton Springs for personal injuries. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, made on the judge’s minutes, after a verdict for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
The plaintiff recovered a verdict of $1,200 against the defendant, a municipal corporation, for .personal injuries received by being thrown from a carriage in the nighttime, caused by the vehicle coming in contact with a pile of refuse in one of the streets of the village. The proprietor of the Clifton Springs Sanitarium had been engaged in the construction of a building fronting -apon the street, and had placed a large quantity of material, consisting of brick, stone, etc., alongside of the gutter, in the traveled part of the main' street of the village. It had remained there for a month or…
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