Cross v. City of Elmira
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Chemung county. Action by Lydia H. Cross against the city of Elmira for personal injuries. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $2,500, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, made on the minutes, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from circuit court, Chemung county. Action by Lydia H. Cross against the city of Elmira for personal injuries. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $2,500, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, made on the minutes, defendant appeals. Plaintiff’s complaint states that defendant was guilty of negligence in “neglecting to perform the powers, and, failing to perform its said duties, that defendant, through and by its officers and agents, negligently permitted and suffered the plank sidewalk on the north side of East Washington avenue, between Pratt…
1Opinion of the CourtHardin, P. J.
October 21, 1891, the plaintiff passed northerly on Oak street, until she reached the north side of East Washington *948avenue; and, while passing between Oak street and Pratt street, she stepped into a hole in the plank, and fell on the cement walk, striking upon both of her knees, and received the injuries mentioned in her complaint, and minutely described in the evidence given at the trial. There was no sidewalk at the time on the south side of East Washington avenue between Oak and Sullivan streets, which is the street next east of Pratt street. As the plaintiff passed along the sidewalk, she…
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