City of New York v. Lloyd
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant Thomas Lloyd, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 20th day of February, 1911, upon the dismissal of the complaint as to said defendant at the close of plaintiff’s case by direction of the court on a trial at the New York Trial 'Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
This is an action by the city of New York to recover the amounts which it had been obliged to pay for damages for personal injuries resulting from the creation of a nuisance in a public street. The facts out of which the action arose are as follows:
On August 3, 1903, a political organization known as the William S. Devery Association gave a display of fireworks at Eighth avenue and Twenty-eighth street, a crowded thoroughfare in the city of New York. As a result of the display, a horse attached to a cab took fright and ran away, knocking down and seriously injuring a little girl…
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