O'Keeffe v. Mayor of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty 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 15th day of December, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury for §1,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 13th day of December, 1897, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The plaintiff sustained, an injury from a fall on the northerly side of One Hundred and Forty-fifth street, from thirty-five to forty-five feet east of the corner of Amsterdam avenue and One Hundred and Forty-fifth street, on February 2, 1895 ; and.to recover for the damages sustained by that fall he has brought this action against the city of New York. The locality in cpiestion is largely unimproved. The northeast corner of One Hundred and Forty-fifth street and Amsterdam avenue, extending 100 feet upon One Hundred and Forty-fifth street, was vacant property, only occupied by a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Taylor v. . City of YonkersNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
3Cited by4 opinions
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