Gelof v. Morgenroth
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Morris Gelof, from an order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, bearing date the 10th day of April, 1908, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York, reversing a judgment of the City Court of the city of Hew York in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said City Court on the 28tli day of October, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury and directing a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
This action was brought to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff’s daughter, an infant under the age of fourteen years, by falling through a grating in front of certain premises on the corner of' One Hundred and Fifth street and Madison avenue in the city of Hew York, owned by the defendants Morgenroth. The tenant of the premises testified that the bars of the grating outside of the store ran towards the curb about three feet from ■ the house line. One of the bars of this grating was out so that there was a hole between tbe remaining bars of about three and one-half inches,…
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