Berardo v. Ambrozy

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Donges, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Second District Court of Jersey City entered after a trial before the judge of that court sitting without a jury. Defendants were the owners of an apartment house located at 175 St. Paul’s Avenue, Jersey City', in which there was located a stairway leading to apartments in the premises. Admittedly this stairway was under the control of the defendants. On the 8th of February, 1940, plaintiff entered the building and ascended the stairway for the purpose of delivering a chicken to a tenant on an upper…