Gorman v. White
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Patrick Gorman, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in fayor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New Pork on the 15tli day of March., 1891, upon the dismissal of his complaint by direction of the court after a trial at .the New Pork Trial Term. ■ This action was brought to recover the damages which the plaintiff, a tenant of the defendants, sustained because of the loss of the services of his wife, who, while…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Patrick Gorman, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in fayor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New Pork on the 15tli day of March., 1891, upon the dismissal of his complaint by direction of the court after a trial at .the New Pork Trial Term. ■ This action was brought to recover the damages which the plaintiff, a tenant of the defendants, sustained because of the loss of the services of his wife, who, while descending- a stairway in the demised premises, was injured because of the alleged negligence of the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Parker, J. :
Between the hours of six and seven on the evening of the 29th . day of April, 1893, plaintiff’s wife was proceeding down the back stairs from her apartments on the fourth floor to the back yard for wood. On one side of the stairway was a handrail about eighteen inches from the wall and on the other a partition wall. What happened Mrs. Gorman described as follows: “ The stairs were so dark I could not see my hand. I had to hold the banister while I was going all the way down. There was no gas lit. There was a gas fixture right over the stairs, but the meter was kept locked by the…
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