Walden v. City of Jamestown
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
■ Appeal by the defendant, The City of Jamestown, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Chautauqua on the 1st day of May, 1902, upon the report of a referee.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, J.:
The judgment should be affirmed, with costs.
The action was to recover damages for injuries to the plaintiff alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant.
On the 8th day of April, 1900, the plaintiff, while walking along a sidewalk on Warren street in the city of Jamestown in company with her daughter, tripped upon a loose plank in the walk, was thrown down and received the injuries complained of. Evidence was given tending to show that the walk at the place where the accident occurred was broken and in a defective and unsafe condition when the plaintiff received…
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