Mason v. Town of Andes
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtBliss, J.
There can be no longer a doubt that under proper circumstances reasonable protection of the public traveling upon a town, county or State highway may require at dangerous points *355the erection and maintenance of adequate barriers to both warn and guard and that the absence of such a barrier may be negligence. (Griffith v. Town of Colesville, 236 App. Div. 752; affd., 261 N. Y. 568; Huston v. County of Chenango, 253 App. Div. 56; affd., 278 N. Y. 646; Countryman v. State of New York, 251 App. Div. 509; affd., 277 N. Y. 586.) The rule of duty in such cases is one of reasonableness and sufficient…
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