Goakes v. City of Oneida
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, City of Oneida, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Oneida Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Madison on 12th day of May, 1917, denying its motion for a further bill of particulars.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
This action was brought to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff by reason of a defect in a sidewalk of the defendant *119city. Section 230 of the charter of the city of Oneida (Laws of 1911, chap. 648) provides that “ said city shall not be liable for damages or injury to persons or property alleged to have arisen or been sustained from or in consequence of a defective or unsafe condition of any sidewalk, street, highway, crosswalk, grating, opening, bridge or culvert, drain or sewer, until five days after actual notice to the superintendent of public works of such defective or…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McNally v. . City of CohoesNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Dobson v. Village of OneidaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
3Cited by4 opinions
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- In re the Accounting of HellerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1954
- Flynn v. Confidential, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1957
- Goldsmith v. GoldsmithNew York Supreme Court · 1958