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Francis Conlon, Respondent, v. The City of New York, Appellant, 1907 — 188 N.Y. 619 · caselaw · US
Torts · MBE-tested
Francis Conlon, Respondent, v. The City of New York, Appellant
188 N.Y. 619·New York Court of Appeals·1907·NY
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Opinion
Francis Conlon, Respondent, v. The City of New York, Appellant.
(Argued April 25, 1907;
decided May 10, 1907.)
Conlon v. City of New York, 112 App. Div. 912, affirmed.
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the tirst judicial department, entered April 12, 1906, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial in an action to recover damages alleged to have been caused to plaintiff’s property through defendant’s negligence in failing to provide a proper outlet for a sewer.
William B. Ellison, Corporation^ Covmsel (Theodore Connoly and Royal E. T. Riggs of counsel), for appellant.
Charles Maitland Beattie and Joseph P. Hennessy for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Edward T. Bartlett, Werner, Willard Bartlett and Hiscook, JJ. Not voting: Haight, J.