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Matteo v. City of New York

249 A.D. 860 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1937-01-29 English

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Celestino Matteo, as Administratrix, etc., of Damiano Matteo, Deceased, Appellant, v. The City of New York, Respondent.

Action for damages, based on both negligence and nuisance. Plaintiff claimed that the defendant had improperly failed to remove from the roadway of a public street an abandoned automobile and that as a consequence there was an explosion in the course of which plaintiff's intestate received burns from which he died. Judgment entered upon a verdict in favor of the defendant unanimously affirmed, with costs. No opinion. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Davis, Adel and Taylor, JJ.