Legal Opinion

Colligan v. City of New York

New York Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1914Published

Motion for an additional allowance in an action to recover damages for alleged negligence.

1Opinion of the CourtMorschauser, J.

Upon a verdict of $11,000 being rendered in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant, a motion was made for an additional allowance.

The action was for the recovery of damages for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, on the ground of the alleged negligence of the defendant and its superintendent.

The deceased was fatally injured by a large rock which shot or fell from the unprotected side of a shaft which the defendant was engaged in sinking at the town of Cornwall, N. Y. The accident occurred about ten-thirty o’clock on the night of January 10, 1911, while deceased was engaged in…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. United Press v. . New York Press Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
  2. Miller v. ClaryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
  3. Rowe v. GrangerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
  4. Campbell v. . EmslieNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
  5. American Fruit Product Co. v. WardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906

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