Case Name: HOUGH v. CITY OF NEW YORK
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1909-05-07
Citations: 116 N.Y.S. 658
Docket Number: 
Parties: HOUGH v. CITY OF NEW YORK.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 116
Pages: 658–659

Head Matter:
HOUGH v. CITY OF NEW YORK.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
May 7, 1909.)
Municipal Corporations (§■ 785 )—Injuries to Pedestrian.
A pedestrian is not entitled to recover for injuries caused by falling into a hole in a sidewalk, where the dimensions of the hole were two by three feet at its edges and sloping to a depth of about two inches.
[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Municipal Corporations, Cent. Dig. §§ 1636, 1637; Dec. Dig. § 785.*]
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Eighth District.
Action by Jennie Hough against the City of New York. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Reversed.
Argued before GILDERSLEEVE, P. J., and DAYTON and GOFF, JJ.
Francis K. Pendleton (Theodore Connoly and Thomas F. Noonan, of counsel), for appellant.
John F. Cowan, for respondent.
For other cases see same topic & § number in Dec. & Am. Digs. 1007 to date, & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Plaintiff sued to recover for injuries occasioned by falling into a hole in a sidewalk. The jury gave'her a verdict for $300. The city appeals.
Without passing upon certain of plaintiff's testimony, which was quite effectively overcome by the defendant, or upon the amount qf damages awarded, this judgment must be reversed. The dimensions of the hole were about two by three feet at its edges and sloping to a depth of about two inches. On the record here the city is entitled to the application of the. rule laid down in Hamilton v. City of Buffalo, 173 N. Y. 72, 65 N. E. 944, and Gastel v. City of New York, 194 N. Y. 15, 86 N. E. 833.
Judgment reversed, and complaint dismissed, with costs to appellant in this court and in the court below.