Brenner v. Landsmann Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Rachel Brenner, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 12th day of April, 1917, upon a dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of plaintiff’s case.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff through the negligence of the defendant. The defendant is a domestic corporation and owns the premises and three-story building known as No. 234 Broome street, borough of Manhattan, New York. The lower floor of the building was rented and occupied as a store and each of the other floors was rented to and occupied by a different tenant for residential purposes.
The president of the defendant testified that he had personal charge of the building; that no janitor was employed;…
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- Peters v. KellyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
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