Friedman v. Welwood
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal in each case by the defendant, John C. Welwood, from, judgments of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 19th day of February, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from orders entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of February, 1918, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial in each case made upon the minutes.
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Appeal in each case by the defendant, John C. Welwood, from, judgments of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 19th day of February, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from orders entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of February, 1918, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial in each case made upon the minutes. The verdict in the first case was for $1,000. That in the second was for $500.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The actions are brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff Sarah Friedman, and for expenses and loss of services brought by her husband, Moritz Friedman.
The defendant is the owner of a building in the borough of The Bronx, which is occupied by stores on the ground floor and apartments above. In the front of the building there is an entrance thirty-seven inches wide to a passageway that leads to the rear of the premises and is a part of the fire escape provisions of the building, the fire escapes being upon the rear of the building and this passageway…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- White v. DanielsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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