Martin v. City of New York

On the 27th day of April, 1922, the infant plaintiff; then ten years and eight months old, was injured while playing “ tag ” with other boys on One Hundred and Fifty-second street between Melrose and Courtlandt avenues, in the borough of The Bronx, city of New York. He fell into an excavation, suffering a fracture of the left arm and a dislocation of the elbow. The accident happened while one of his companions was running after the plaintiff, who thus described the occurrence: “ He chased me, and I ran on the sidewalk to circle around him and to get away from him, and when I turned around to…