Nicholson v. City of New York

On January 9, 1944, at 12:30 A.M., plaintiff’s intestate was operating an automobile which was in collision with a steel column supporting an elevated railroad structure, maintained by the City of New York on Northern Boulevard, in Long Island City. The injuries received in the collision resulted in his death. A written contract had been in effect between appellant and the City of New York, providing for the supply by appellant of electric current to the street lights in the borough of Queens, for the period from July 1, 1942 to June 30, 1943. Thereafter appellant continued to supply current,…