JONES v. STATE OF NEW YORK


33 Misc.2d 959 (1962)

Myrtle Jones, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 37780.) Emrys Jones, Sr., Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 37781.)

Court of Claims.

April 26, 1962


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis & Bartow (John H. Bartow of counsel), for claimants. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Charles G. Clay of counsel), for defendant.


RICHARD S. HELLER, J.

These claims by husband and wife are for damages sustained to their person and property when two large trees bordering the right of way of Route 17-C fell during a storm and struck the car owned by Emrys Jones, Sr., in which Myrtle Jones was a passenger.

The claimants, riding in a 1958 Oldsmobile, were proceeding westerly on Route 17-C just east of the Village of Owego at about 7:45 P.M. on August 31, 1958. The weather was...

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