Steeno v. Wolff

The affidavits and exhibits show that the grate in question was one and five-tenths feet wide by four feet long and six inches of it was upon the defendants’ property. It covered an opening in the sidewalk at the point where a basement window was located in the defendants’ building. The grate was held in place by five iron prongs or straps extending from its outer rim over the edge of the sidewalk. One of such prongs projected one to one and one-half inches above the level of the sidewalk and it was this prong in which the plaintiff caught a strap of her shoe, causing her to fall upon the…