Hawley v. City of Gloversville
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of Gloversville, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Fulton on the 12th day of June, 1895, upon the verdict of a jury rendered after a trial at the Fulton Circuit, and also from an order bearing date the 11th day of June, 1895, and entered in said clerk’s office, denying the defendant’s' motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Merwin, J.:
On the 3d day of March, 1894, at about eight o’clock in the morning, the plaintiff fell upon an icy sidewalk in front of ÍSTo. 44 .South Main street in the city of Gloversville and sustained injuries for which in this action she has recovered damages upon the ground that-the accident was caused by the negligence of the defendant in its care of its streets. There was evidence tending to show that, at the point where the plaintiff slipped and fell,, the sidewalk, was in.a dangerous condition caused by an accumulation of snow and ice-of which the defendant had actual or constructive,…
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