Case Name: John H. Wallace, Appellant, v. Village of Canandaigua, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1918-02-26
Citations: 223 N.Y. 543
Docket Number: 
Parties: John H. Wallace, Appellant, v. Village of Canandaigua, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 223
Pages: 543–544

Head Matter:
John H. Wallace, Appellant, v. Village of Canandaigua, Respondent.
Wallace v. Village of Canandaigua, 153 App. Div. 938, affirmed.
(Argued February 12, 1918;
decided February 26, 1918.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered November 27, 1912, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and granting a new trial in an action to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff through the maintenance by the defendant of a public nuisance. The complaint alleged that while the plaintiff was passing along Bristol street in the village of Canandaigua, riding in a carriage hitched to a horse which the plaintiff was driving, the horse became frightened at a large stone or boulder located on said street at a point where Bristol street joins another street extending northerly from Bristol street; that the plaintiff’s carriage was upset, plaintiff thrown to the ground and received the injuries complained of. The defendant contended that the boulder in question was a public monument and did not constitute a nuisance.
John Colmey and P. H. Leahy for appellant.
Horace W. Fitch for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed and judgment absolute ordered against appellant on the stipulation, with costs in all courts; no opinion.
Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Chase, Hogan, Pound, McLaughlin, Crane and Andrews, JJ.