Kiernan v. The Mayor of the City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonaltv of the City of Hew York,, from a judgment of the' Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 13th day of April, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an Order entered in said 'clerk’s •office on the 14th day of April, 1896, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, J".:
The action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant.
The accident in which the injuries were received occurred on the . 27th day of September, 1895, on Fleetwood avenue, between One Hundred and Sixty-second and One Hundred and Sixty-third streets, in the city of Hew York. In the summer of 1895 the city caused, the avenue at this point to be graded by building an embankment upon it about twelve feet above the level of the- lot adjoining it,, and practically the entire width of the avenue. The width of the…
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