Reynolds v. City of Niagara Falls
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Niagara county. Action by Adran J. Reynolds against the city of Niagara Falls for personal injuries. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying the motion for a new trial made on the minutes, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
The plaintiff, in walking on the sidewalk along the westerly side of Main street, in the city of Niagara Falls, on the evening of June 28, 1893, stepped into a hole in the walk, and sustained an injury. He brought the action to recover the damages he sustained. The hole in the walk about seven inches in width, extending across the walk, and about the same depth, was occasioned by the absence of a plank; and the evidence tended to prove that it had been in that condition two or three months at that time, and that the street was a main thoroughfare of the city. The conclusion was warranted,…
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