Watts v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal, by the plaintiff, Henry W. Watts, from a judgment of ' the Municipal Court of the city of New York, rendered on January ■ 11,' 1909, in favor of the defendant, dismissing the complaint, and ■ ■ also from an order denying the plaintiff’s motion to vacate and set aside said judgment and for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Rich, J.:
In 1907, section 261 of the. Greater New York charter was amended by adding a provision that in cases of claims against the city for damage for injury to personal property, or the destruction thereof, occasioned by' the' negligence of the city, no action therefor should be maintained unless notice of- an intention to commence such action, together with other details, “ shall have been tiled witli the comptroller^ of said city within six months after such cause of action shall have accrued.” (Laws of 1901, chap. 466, § 261, as amd. by Laws of 1906, chap. 550, and Laws of 1907, chap.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Winter v. . City of Niagara FallsNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Curry v. . City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Sheehy v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Krall v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Winter v. City of Niagara FallsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
3Cited by1 opinion
- Savie v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1922