Kibner v. State

On September 28, 1919, the claimant, who was walking on a sidepath along a public highway, in the town of North Greenbush, in the county of Eensselaer, caught her foot on a flagstone covering over a sluiceway under the sidepath, fell and broke her arm. She has filed this claim against the state for damages, claiming that the sidepath was in an unsafe condition, due to the negligence of the state.

For many years there has been a public highway at this location, leading from Pawling avenue in the city of Troy, to Wynantskill. In the year 1902 the state of New York, pursuant to the provisions of…