Maltbie v. Bolting
The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo
Appeal from jury term. Action by Fanny Maltbie against Francis Bolting and others. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMcADAM, J.
The action was to recover $20,000 for personal injuries to the plaintiff by reason of alleged wrongful and negligent acts of the defendants. It appears that on June 12, 1889, the plaintiff, while passing upon the southerly side of Liberty street, in this city, on her way from the ferry of the New Jersey Central Railroad, at the foot of that street, struck her left knee against a barrel, “or something of that kind,” and fell over it. The barrel had no head *904on it and was placed in an open coal hole in the sidewalk, and anchored firmly in position by placing a stick entirely across the top of…
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