Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1911

Hooks v. City of Utica

Hooks v. City of Utica
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 15, 1911
145 A.D. 902; 129 N.Y.S. 1128
Hooks v. City of Utica

Opinion of the Court

Judgment and order reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide event. Held, that the evidence does not establish that plaintiff’s fall occurred because of any defect in or defective condition of defendant’s sidewalk, and that the verdict is excessive in that plaintiff’s disturbed mental *903condition was not shown by sufficient and competent evidence to be the result of his injury.

All concurred.

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