Den Braven v. Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lloyd, J.

The complaint filed in this ease was struck out by the Circuit Court judge and judgment later entered in favor of the defendant. From this judgment the plaintiff appeals. The complaint was struck out because, as held in the court below, it failed to state a cause of action.

The substance of the complaint was that the defendant company owned premises on Van Houten street in Paterson; that the sidewalk fronting said premises had been covered by a snowfall; that the company used the sidewalk for the egress and ingress of its motor buses and other…