Platz v. City of Cohoes
New York Supreme Court
Maria L. Platz sued the city of Cohoes for damages resulting from its negligence. The case was tried in Albany county, and a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff for $400. The plaintiff moved on the judge’s minutes to set aside this verdict on the ground of inadequacy. Further facts sufficiently appear from the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtOsborn, J.
The plaintiff, on the evening of October 24, 1875, while riding in a buggy with her husband on North Mohawk street, in the city of Cohoes, was thrown out and injured. The cause of the overturning was a pile of earth which had been placed there in making some excavation. It was claimed that there was no light placed upon this obstacle to the free travel of the street and no guard placed around the same, to notify travelers of the difficulty and danger, • and therefore that the action could be maintained because of the negligence of the defendant.
The trial resulted in a verdict for the…
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