Case Name: HOOKS, Respondent, v. CITY OF UTICA, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1911-05-03
Citations: 129 N.Y.S. 1128
Docket Number: 
Parties: HOOKS, Respondent, v. CITY OF UTICA, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 129
Pages: 1128–1128

Head Matter:
HOOKS, Respondent, v. CITY OF UTICA, Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
May 3, 1911.)
Action by Thomas J. Hooks against the City of Utica.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
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 condition was not shown by sufficient and competent evidence to be the result -of his injury.