Lane v. Lamke
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, William B. Lane, from a judgment of t-lie Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, second district, in favor of the defendant, rendered on the 27th day of April, 1900, dismissing the complaint at the close of the plain tiff’.s case.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
The plaintiff owns a lot on Washington avenue in the borough of Brooklyn, which fronts on the easterly side of that street. His ownership, therefore, does not extend to the middle of Washington avenue or include any portion of the roadbed. (Blackman v. Riley, 138 N. Y. 318.) He set out several ornamental shade trees on the sidewalk in front of his premises, inside the curb. One of these trees, a scarlet maple, was girdled and destroyed by a horse belonging to the-defendant, and the plaintiff sought by this action to recover damages in the sum of fifty dollars for the…
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