Carter v. Village of Nunda
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Village of Hunda, from a judgment- of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Livingston on the 18th day of December, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 29th day of November, 1899, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The recovery in this case was for $1,000 damages sustained by plaintiff in consequence of injuries received by falling on a defective crosswalk at the southeasterly corner of Church and Massachusetts streets, in the village of Hunda, on the 25th day of April, 1898, through the alleged negligence of defendant.
At the outset, defendant’s counsel ‘challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to establish defendant’s liability or plaintiff’s freedom from contributory negligence.
State street is the principal street of the village of Hunda, and it runs north and south. The next street…
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