Schlegel v. City of New York
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, sixth district, rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of eighty-seven dollars.
1Opinion of the CourtHendrick, J.
The plaintiff, on September 25, 1914, went to the Municipal Court, sixth district, Manhattan. His attorney asked him to go out into the corridor. His wife attempted to open the door, but the door would not open. Plaintiff testified' that thereupon ‘£ I reached my right hand over her shoulder to push and it would not open "and I used some force, and as I did that, my hand slipped from the framework into the glass and I didn’t know it was cut.” On cross-examination he testified that the glass panel on the door occupied the upper half, and that when he found that the door would not open by…
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