88 N.Y. 398, Morrell v. Peck
| Citation: | 88 N.Y. 398 |
| Party Name: | ANNA A. MORRELL, as Administratrix, etc., appellant, v. BENJAMIN R. PECK et al., as Commissioners of Highways, etc., Respondents. |
| Case Date: | March 21, 1882 |
| Court: | New York Court of Appeals |
Page 398
Argued Mar. 7, 1882.
Page 399
COUNSEL
E. Countryman for appellant. The court properly received evidence to show, that the morning after the accident a railing was put on the south side of the bridge. (2 Wharton on Evidence, § 1081; Westfall v. Erie R. Co., 5 Hun, 75, 77; Masterson v. N.Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co., 84 N.Y. 252; Dale v. Lack. & W. R. R. Co., 75 Id . 472; Harvey v. N.Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co., 19 Hun, 556, 559; Bregham v. Great Western R. R. Co., 34 Barb. 260, 276; Penn. R. R. Co. v. Henderson, 51 Penn. St. 315, 320; Westchester, etc., R. R. Co. v. McEllwee, 67 Id . 311, 314; McKee v. Bidwell, 74 Id . 218, 225; Bradman v. Conway, 126 Mass. 374; Sewell v. Cohoes, 75 N.Y. 45, 54; S. C., 11 Hun, 626, 630; Folsom v. Underhill, 36 Vt. 580, 588; Manderschid v. Dubuque,
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29 Iowa, 74.) The defendants were clearly guilty of negligence if they had funds to enable them to repair the bridge. ( Hover v. Backhoof, 44 N.Y. 113; Hines v. Lockport, 50 Id . 236; Robinson v. Chamberlain, 34 Id . 389; Lamont v. Haight, 44 How. 1; Bostwick v. Barlow, 14 Hun, 177; Weed v. Ballston Spa, 76 N.Y. 329; 2 R. S. [6th ed.] 136, § 1, subd. 4; Gillespie v. Newburgh, 54 N.Y. 468; Hyatt v. Rondout, 44 Barb. 385; 41 N.Y. 619; Palmer v. Andover, 2 Cush. 600; Hayden v. Attleborough, 7 Gray, 338; Norris v. Litchfield, 35 N.H. 271; Houfe v. Fulton, 29 Mis. 296; Baldwin v. Turnpike Co., 40 Conn. 238; 2 R. S. [ 6th ed.] 137, § § 6, 7; Laws of 1832, p. 480, chap. 274, § § 1, 3; Laws of 1857, chap. 615, § 1; Matthews v. Crawford, 36 Barb. 564; Barber v. Loomis, 6 Hill, 462; People v. Town Auditors, 75 N.Y. 316; Lament v. Haight, 44 How. 1; People v. Town Auditors, 74 N.Y. 311.) Whether the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence was a question of fact. ( Hart v. Hudson River Bridge, 80 N.Y. 622; Weed v. Ballston Spa, 76 Id . 329; Driscoll v. Mayor of New York, 11 Hun, 101; Houfe v. Fulton, 29 Wis. 297.) A misapprehension or mistake of judgment including sudden peril does not bar a recovery. ( Dyer v. Erie R. Co., 71 N.Y. 228; Twomley v. Central Park, etc., R. R. Co., 39 Id . 158.)
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247 N.Y. 340, McFarlane v. City of Niagara Falls
...If so, the fault was hers. The rule to be extracted from these and like cases (e. g., Chisholm v. State, 141 N.Y. 246; Morrell v. Peck, 88 N.Y. 398; Minick v. Troy, 83 N.Y. 514) may now be formulated. At least where the substance of the wrong is negligence, a plaintiff, though pleading nuis......
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