Case Name: Matthew Farley, appellant, v. The Mayor, &c. of N. Y., respondents
Court: New York Superior Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1885-06-19
Citations: 20 Jones & S. 562
Docket Number: 
Parties: Matthew Farley, appellant, v. The Mayor, &c. of N. Y., respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of the city of New York
Volume: 52
Pages: 562–562

Head Matter:
Matthew Farley, appellant, v. The Mayor, &c. of N. Y., respondents.
Decided June 19, 1885.
Appeal by plaintiff from judgment for defendants entered upon a direction at trial term that complaint be dismissed, and also from order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
The action was for damages from the alleged negligence of the defendants, in allowing to remain over a coal-hole in a public street, an iron cover, which was alleged to be unsafe for the use of foot-passengers, in walking over it. The plaintiff slipped upon it and fell.
Edward D. McCarthy, for appellant. David J. Dean, for respondents.

Opinion:
Opinions by Sedgwick, Ch. J., and Freedman, J.
Judgment and order affirmed.