Trimble v. City of New York

Plaintiff’s intestate, a taxicab driver, was drowned when a taxi which he operated fell into a creek at the *170foot of 5th Street, a public street in the borough of Queens. The end of the street was guarded by a stringpiece, variously estimated as from ten inches to eighteen inches in height, and by a stanchion, bearing a “ Dead End ” sign with two red lights, situated in the center of the street at the water’s edge. There were no witnesses to the accident, which the parties apparently assume occurred during the early hours of Saturday, May 18, 1946. There was no direct proof, however, as to…