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· 10/26/1954

In re the Arbitration between Broadway-Barclay, Inc. & Empire Trust Co.

Citations

  • 284 A.D. 888
  • 135 N.Y.S.2d 611
  • 1954 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3953

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  • city was liable when a pedestrian fell into a “deep ditch or gully” across a public city street, which the city had “wil[l]fully allowed to remain there”
  • “It is a general rule of law that a municipal corporation is bound to keep its streets and sidewalks in a safe condition for travel, in the ordinary modes, by night as well as by day.”

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