26 N.Y. St. Rep. 689 | New York City Court | 1889
We have carefully examined the record in this case, and conclude that the facts are substantially the same as on the former appeal. 1 jtST. Y. Supp. 522. It now appears that the plaintiff crawled under the gate, and in that way got upon the bridge; but our decision was not placed solely on the ground that there was no proof on that point, for we then said: “If we assume that the boy did get upon the bridge by reason of the fact that there was a space of sixteen inches between the gates and the surface of the street, even then we think that the complaint should have been dismissed.” The proof in the present case is that the space between the gates and the street was 20¿- inches, and that they could have been constructed so that such space would have been 8 or 9 inches less. On the first hearing we held that, if the distance was 16 inches, as it then appeared, plaintiff could not recover,