Hart v. Town of Brookhaven
This text of 261 A.D. 923 (Hart v. Town of Brookhaven) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Action by plaintiff wife to recover damages for personal injuries and by her husband for property damage and loss of services. Plaintiff wife was injured when a bicycle, which she was riding on the sidewalk, collided with a large limb of a tree which was lying upon and across the sidewalk. Judgment in favor of plaintiffs reversed on the law and the facts, with costs, and complaint dismissed on the law, with costs. In riding the bicycle on the sidewalk plaintiff wife was violating the statute (Penal Law, § 1907) and was guilty of contributory negligence as matter of law. Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Johnston, Adel and Taylor, JJ., concur.
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261 A.D. 923, 25 N.Y.S.2d 428, 1941 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8102, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/hart-v-town-of-brookhaven-nyappdiv-1941.