Legal Opinion
Jacobs v. State
New York Court of Claims
Decided July 26, 1950No. Claim No. 29421; Claim No. 29422; Claim No. 29423; Claim No. 29421-APublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLounsberry, P. J.
In the evening of November 13, 1948, the claimant, Mildred Farnsworth Jacobs, accompanied by the claimant, Elizabeth Skeels, drove to an establishment known as Sparky’s Tavern, arriving at about 11:00 p.m. At that time it was raining but the highway was not slippery. When they left, however, around 1:15 a.m., in company with the claimant, Walton 0. Patnode, they discovered that the ground and highway had become a glare of ice, with a light film of snow on top. The rain had ceased, and the weather had cleared and evidently become colder.
They set off in claimant Jacobs’ car southerly along New…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Johnson v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
- Sporborg v. State of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
- Countryman v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
- Countryman v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Johnson v. . StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Murphy v. New York State Thruway AuthorityNew York Court of Claims · 1960
- McCauley v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1960
- Reiben v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1961