Greenauer v. Sheridan-Brennan Realty Co.

Defendant Sheridan-Brennan Realty Company ' owned a building on East avenue in the city of Rochester used for stores on the street floor and for living apartments on the floors above. Across the rear of the building there was maintained for the use of tenants outside platforms or piazzas with connecting stairways running from floor to floor. All the hallways, stairways, areas, yards and other parts of the premises, used in common by the tenants, including the outside platforms and stairs in the rear, were reserved by the owner in its own possession and control and were maintained by it. At…