Hynes v. State

This is a claim to recover upwards of $25,-000 damages for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of the State.

About seven forty-five in the evening of March 21, 1907, the claimant was walking arm in arm with a female companion down Horth Salina street. He was going to the south, towards the Salina street bridge in the city of Syra*593cuse. The planking or floor of the bridge was about three inches above the surface of the contiguous sidewalk.

When the claimant and his companion approached the bridge, she was on the outside and he on the inside of the walk. She stepped into a slight…