Lendrum v. Village of Cobleskill
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Village of Cobleskill, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Schoharie on the 8th day of January, 1920, upon the verdict of a jury for $500, and also from an order entered in said cleik’s office on the 15th day of January, 1920, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Kiley, J.:
The defendant is a municipal corporation, an incorporated village, within the State of New York. One of its streets is Quarry street, and on the left-hand side of this street is a steep embankment descending to a depth of fifty feet and upwards. The street, at or near this embankment, curves to the right and away from the embankment; the curve or turn is sharp, quite abrupt to the right. At the point described in the record the highway, if extended in a straight line, would go nineteen feet on practically level and smooth, but descending surface, and then over this embankment. The…
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