Staley v. Mayor of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of Hew York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 21st day of April, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of April, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
On Sunday afternoon, the 30th day of December, 1894, the plaintiff while walking down Fifth avenue on the west side reached the crossing of Fifty-sixth street. That crossing was covered with ice and snow packed down and frozen in ridges along the crossing. The plaintiff observed the condition of the walk and sought for a place where she might cross with safety. She stepped carefully off from the curb, but just as she took the second step from- the crossing, her foot slipped upon one of the ridges of ice and she fell and broke her leg. To recover the damages received by that fall…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Taylor v. . City of YonkersNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
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