Porter v. Village of Attica
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tire Erie Special Term, denying a motion for a new trial made upon a case and exceptions. The plaintiff was nonsuited at the close of his case.
1Opinion of the Court
Bradley, J.:
The action is for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff which h.e alleges were occasioned by the negligence of the defendant, which is a municipal 'Corporation charged with the duty of keeping 'its streets in suitable repair.
Market street, one of the principal ones of the defendant, has a *606northerly and southerly direction, and coming into it from the west ■is a way extending westerly from it several rods to dwelling houses, a cooper’s shop, etc., which has been used for many, and the evidence tends to show more than twenty years before the time in question for the purpose of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Holdane v. . Trustees of the Village of Cold SpringNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- Requa v. . the City of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Cook v. . HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Co. v. BachmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Lynch v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
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