Legal Opinion
O' Neill v. Chatham Phenix National Bank & Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 7, 1934PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The plaintiff, who was fifty-nine years of age at the time of the accident, was injured on October 5, 1928, at about four o’clock in the afternoon, while proceeding down a flight of stairs leading from the ground floor to the cellar of the premises owned by the defendant. The plaintiff had been a tenant therein for about five years prior to the date of the accident.
The testimony and photographic exhibits in the record show that the stairway from the ground floor to the cellar consisted of a flight of about five steps, a landing and one more step leading to another landing to the left of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hudson v. Church of the Holy TrinityNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Rohrbacher v. . GilligNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Pattison v. Livingston Amusement Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- Brown v. Associated Operating Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
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- Friedman v. NeufeldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935