Sehl v. City of Syracuse
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Margaret Sehl, from, a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office •of the clerk of the county of Onondaga on the 1st day of July, 1902, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court •after a trial at the Onondaga Trial Term.
1Dissent
Hiscock, J. (dissenting):, As stated in the prevailing opinion, it must be assumed upon this appeal that upon the 27th day of December, 1899, plaintiff received personal injuries by reason of the negligence of the defendant in allowing a sidewalk to be in an icy and unsafe condition. The only question presented is whether chapter 581 of the Laws of 1899 (amdg. Laws of 1898, chap. 182, § 461), which took effect January 1, 1900, applied to plaintiff’s case, and reduced from six months to three months the period within which she was compelled to serve notice of her claim upon the city…
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