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Swift v. City of New York

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 3, 1936
200 N.E. 681 (N.Y. 1936)

Opinion

Argued January 23, 1936

Decided March 3, 1936

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.

Robert G. Sheller and Desmond T. Barry for appellant. Myron Wisoff and William S. Butler for respondents.


There is no evidence that defendant was chargeable with notice of special danger to children from existing conditions. ( Johnson v. City of New York, 208 N.Y. 77; McDonald v. Degnon-McLean Cont. Co., 124 App. Div. 824; affd., 205 N.Y. 502. ) The ordinance was intended for the protection of persons traveling on the highway in the usual manner, and even, if applicable to the facts in this case, its violation is not shown to have been the proximate cause of plaintiff's injury. No causal connection is shown.

The judgment of the Appellate Division and that of the Trial Term should be reversed and the complaint dismissed, with costs in all courts.

CRANE, Ch. J., LEHMAN, O'BRIEN, HUBBS, CROUCH, LOUGHRAN and FINCH, JJ., concur.

Judgments reversed, etc.


Summaries of

Swift v. City of New York

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 3, 1936
200 N.E. 681 (N.Y. 1936)
Case details for

Swift v. City of New York

Case Details

Full title:DORIS SWIFT, an Infant, by SARAH SWIFT, Her Guardian ad Litem, et al.…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 3, 1936

Citations

200 N.E. 681 (N.Y. 1936)
200 N.E. 681

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