Richards v. Olsen

Plaintiff, a roomer in the rooming house of defendant, who was the lessee of the entire building, was injured while leaving the premises when she caught her heel in a hole or depression in the top step of the front steps. The case was tried in the City Court of Albany and the jury rendered a verdict of $350 in favor of plaintiff. *1113The City Court set the verdict aside and dismissed the complaint, and the County Court upon appeal affirmed the dismissal. From the order and judgment of dismissal plaintiff appeals. The courts below have held that the hole or depression was so slight that its…