May v. City of Brooklyn
New York City Court
Action by Solomon May against the city of Brooklyn for in j uries alleged to have been caused by negligence of defendant. Judgment for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtClement, C. J.
The plaintiff proved on the trial of this case that on December 19,1889, the employes of the defendant negligently placed upon Dinsmore place, in the Twenty-Sixth ward of this city, a number of large, iron pipes, and left them there without any warning to travelers; and that on the following day one Asher May, while driving the horse and wagon of the plaintiff in said place, and in his employ, without carelessness on his part, struck the wheels of. the wagon against the pipe in the street, and the plaintiff was damaged thereby. It is contended by the counsel for the defendant that Dinsmore…
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