Schroeck v. Reiss
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Eva Scliroeck, by her guardian ad litem,, Joseph Schroeck, 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 10th day of January, 1899, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the-court after a trial before the court and a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 3d day of January, 1899, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Eva Scliroeck, by her guardian ad litem,, Joseph Schroeck, 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 10th day of January, 1899, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the-court after a trial before the court and a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 3d day of January, 1899, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, P. J.:
The defendant in this action, at the time of the accident in question, was, and had been for some years, the owner of the tenement house No. 276 East Third street, in the city of New York, which she had' rented to various tenants. On the .ground floor there was. a store with two show windows and an entrance between them. Under this store there was a basement to which a flight of steps descended from the sidewalk immediately under one of the show windows. These steps extended four feet six inches out from the wall of the *503house and were covered by a set of wooden doors, and on…
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