Graham v. City of Poughkeepsie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of Poughkeepsie, from a judgment of the County Court of Dutchess county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Dutchess on the 20th day of May, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,500, and also from an order bearing date the 14th day of May, 1901, and entered in said clerk’s office, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff in this action is a woman something over sixty-five years of age. About six o’clock in the evening of January 21, *2641901, while walking upon the sidewalk of one of the principal streets of the defendant, she .slipped and fell, sustaining serious injuries,- for which a jury has awarded her damages to the amount of $1,500. Upon the appeal from the judgment and the order denying a motion for a new trial four points are urged in behalf of the defendant; which will .be considered in their order as appearing on the appellant’s brief.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ring v. . City of CohoesNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Taylor v. . City of YonkersNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Todd v. . City of TroyNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- McNally v. . City of CohoesNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Green v. Village of Port JervisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
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