Boutet v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 3d day of March, 1921, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The action was brought and recovery had for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff from falling into an areaway on the southerly side of the “ Brownstone Building,” known as" the City Court House, in the City Hall Park in the borough of Manhattan, New York. There are three buildings in the City Hall Park. One is the old City Hall proper, and the others are known as the County Court House and the City Court House, which are located northerly of the City Hall and substantially in a line between Broadway on the west and Center street on the east. Between the two buildings and…
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- Amberg v. . KinleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Donnelly v. . City of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Moest v. City of BuffaloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
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