Cusick v. . Adams
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered upon an order made May 20,1886, which affirmed a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, entered upon a verdict, and reversed an order setting it aside, and ordering a new trial. This action was brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been' caused by defendant’s negligence. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered upon an order made May 20,1886, which affirmed a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, entered upon a verdict, and reversed an order setting it aside, and ordering a new trial. This action was brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been' caused by defendant’s negligence. The material facts are stated in the opinion. If plaintiff was on defendant’s private property by license, defendant was not liable for the injury. (Larmon v. Crown Point, 101 N. Y. 391, 395; Matze v. N. Y.…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.
The plaintiff recovered damages against the defendant for injuries resulting from a fall through a hole in a bridge, which the defendant had, some years previously, constructed over the Mohawk river, to connect an island belonging to him with the city of Cohoes.
The plaintiff was crossing the bridge in order to see some shooting-matcli upon the island. He sustained no relations with the defendant, and it is not pretended that the defendant had anytliing to do with the objects which induced the plaintiff to cross the bridge. He simply used it for Ms own convemence and pleasure. The right to…
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