Moore v. State

This claim seeks recovery for the death of claimant’s intestate, Russell Moore, who was a Baptist clergyman employed as executive director of the Monroe County Baptist Home in Fairport, New York, at the time of his death.

The death occurred when an automobile being operated by the decedent went into the New York Barge Canal between Main and Parker Streets in the Village of Fairport on December 1, 1958. For a great many years the New York Barge Canal has run through the Village of Fairport and it is bridged at Main Street by a lift bridge and at Parker Street by a fixed bridge.

The State owned a…