Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1903

Schall v. City of New York

Schall v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 20, 1903 · Jenks
84 N.Y.S. 737 (New York Supplement)

Counsel

George L. Rives, for appellant., Altkrug & Kahn, for respondent.

Schall v. City of New York

Opinion of the Court

JENKS, J.

These are actions against a municipal corporation for negligence in the care of a street. The woman complains that, while walking thereon in the daytime, she fell and was injured by falling or slipping into a depression in the sidewalk which was about 15 feet wide. The testimony for the plaintiff shows that the depression, which was near the curb, was 4 feet long, 11 inches wide, 3½ inches *738deep, and had existed for several years. I think that Hamilton v. City of Buffalo, 173 N. Y. 72, 65 N. E. 944, must control.

The judgment and order should be reversed, and a new trial ordered; costs to abide the event. All concur.

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