Goldberg v. Besdine
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term. Action by Max Goldberg against Morris Besdine. From a judgment of the municipal court of the city of New York in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHirschberg, J.
The pleadings are oral. The plaintiff “complained of the defendant for $250, damages to personal property,” and the defendant made a general denial. On the trial it appeared that the plaintiff was the occupant of the first floor of certain premises in the borough of Brooklyn as a tenant of the defendant, and that the damages claimed resulted from a fire which was kindled in the plaintiff’s room by a portion of the ceiling falling upon a lighted lamp. It was raining at the time, and the contention on the part of the plaintiff is that the ceiling was in a defective condition, that the premises…
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