Gray v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from á judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 6th day of March, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office ■ on the 12th day of March, 1909, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
No. 258 West Houston street was owned by the city, having been purchased in condemnation proceedings for a school site. The complaint alleged that on May 26, 1907, Mary Gray was lawfully passing along the sidewalk in front of the premises and while so doing her foot and leg were caused to go into an opening of a partly uncovered coal hole and thereby said deceased received severe injuries which thereafter, on the 2d day of June, 1907, caused her death. The-complaint alleges negligence and also 61 and in causing, permitting and allowing the said coal -hole or opening in the said…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Griffiths v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Benjamin v. Village of Tupper LakeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
3Cited by1 opinion
- People v. DecinaNew York Court of Appeals · 1956