Zunz v. City of New York
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Ninth District. Action bv Annie J. Zunz agamst the city of New Ymk. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded.
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.
Plaintiff recovered judgment against the defendant for $500 damages for personal injuries received as the result of a fall 'upon the sidewalk. The accident occurred on February 11, 1906, while plaintiff was walking through 115th street between St. Nich-las and Lenox avenues. Plaintiff testified that she slipped on the ice, which was covered with snow, and fell on the sidewalk opp-site No. 129 West 115th street. The snow was trampled down firmly. T e sidewalk had but one row of flags, and plaintiff kept strictly to the flags. There was hard snow all along the way, but she saw no ice there. She…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Taylor v. . City of YonkersNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Hawkins v. Mayor of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Staley v. Mayor of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Shidlovsky v. GormanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
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- Browder v. City of Winston-SalemSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1950