Cummins v. . City of Syracuse

This action was brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained through defendant’s negligence. Plaintiff, who resided at Rochester, went to Syracuse, where he arrived at midnight, and went with several others, among them a brakeman, who carried a lantern, to a saloon on West Fayette street in said city; said street crosses Onondaga creek by a bridge, which the party crossed in going to the house; on the street north of West Fayette street, and directly north of the bridge is the depot of the New York Central railroad. The saloon was on the south side of West Fayette…