Mitcheltree v. Stair
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Edward D. Stair and another,- copartners, etc., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office' of the cleric of the county, of New York on the 13th day of January, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury for $5,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 14th day-of January, 1909, denying the said defendants’ motion for a new. trial made upon the minutes. e
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
On the 2d of December, 1903, the plaintiff was a member of a theatrical company giving performances at a theater in the city of Hew York, of which the appellants were the sub-lessees and managers. The dressing room which the plaintiff used was in the basement and was reached from the stage by means of an iron stairway which extended from one side of the stage down about eight steps to a landing, against the wall of the building, and then down from the landing at right angles -about eight steps more. On the afternoon of the day in question a performance was given. After the…
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