James Flansburg, Respondent v. the Town of Elbridge, Appellant

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the judgment in favor of the plaintiff and ordered a new trial. It held that the town was not liable because the plaintiff strayed off the prepared roadway, that the highway commissioners owed no duty to maintain a guard rail on the north side of the culvert, that notice to the town clerk did not constitute notice to the town, and that evidence of a prior accident was inadmissible.