Legal Opinion
Rice v. Von der Lieth
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided July 15, 1919PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Motion to reconsider the dismissal of complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtLa Fetba, J.
This is an action by a police officer, who, in the discharge of Ms duties August 6, 1916, *285stopped a horse running in full flight through the public streets of this city. In doing so he was thrown to the roadway and seriously injured. The animal was fully harnessed to a wagon, with no one then in control of its movements. Whether, before it started, it was unattended or unguarded, contrary to certain police regulations of this city, how far it had run and what caused it to start do not appear. It was neither alleged nor claimed the defendants had notice of any particular vice or predisposition…
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