Conley v. Village of Hudson Falls
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Village of Hudson Falls, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of -the clerk of the county of Washington on the 17th day of January, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury for $500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
A very close question of law is involved in this appeal, and one which might be changed by comparatively trifling circumstances. The plaintiff, a woman sixty-one years of age, stumbled over a water gate in a cement sidewalk in the defendant village, receiving injuries for which the jury has awarded a verdict of $500. This water gate appears to have projected above the sidewalk about two inches. It was within one foot of the curb and about six feet from the other side of the walk. The evidence showed that this water gate had been in this same position, and with a like projection,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Archer v. City of Mount VernonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- Preiss v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1910
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