New York Court of Appeals

Thomas Cusick, by Guardian v. William L. Adams, Appellant

June 4, 1889115 N.Y. 55

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the lower courts' judgments and remanded for a new trial, holding that a landowner who constructs a bridge for his own convenience owes no duty of active care to a bare licensee who uses the bridge without invitation, even if the bridge is in disrepair.