Dowling v. Cromer

The plaintiff wife was injured by falling over open sidewalk doors situated in front of premises owned by the defendant Edward J. Cromer. The first floor of the premises was occupied by the defendant Edward J. Cromer, Inc., under an oral month-to-month lease. The sidewalk doors lead to a basement where the tenant had certain refrigerating machinery and to which others had access. Edward J. Cromer, Inc., employed the Tri-Boro Refrigeration Service, Inc., to install certain refrigerating machinery. Tri-Boro opened the sidewalk doors so that it could carry its material into the cellar. After the…