Levy v. City of New York

Action by infant-plaintiff for damages for personal injuries and by his father for loss of services. The infant-plaintiff, while coasting on a sled along the sidewalk of one of the streets in the borough of Brooklyn, was injured when the sled collided with a tree stump. The stump was located two feet four inches outside of the building line and in the sidewalk area about six feet inside of the five-foot cement walk on the sidewalk. Judgment in favor of plaintiffs reversed on the law, with costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs. In our opinion, no negligence was shown on the part of the…