Irizarry v. Cardona

When Elba Irizarry, the infant plaintiff, was seven years old she lived with her mother in a single room in the basement at 602 Tinton Avenue. This house, a two-story, all-wooden structure, owned by the defendant, had been built in 1899. It had been designed, constructed and approved as a dwelling for two families, living separately in the apartments on the first and second floors. The basement, unpartitioned, had been planned for storage purposes only. When Elba and her mother moved into the basement in February, 1951, it had been divided into living accommodations, of a sort, for three…