Curry v. Addoms
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Rosie Curry, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 9th day of January, 1914, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of the case.
1Per curiam
Mrs. Finsley was the janitress of two of defendant’s houses and lived in one of them. As the defendant testified, it was her duty “to keep the premises clean and see that the ashes were removed; collect the rents and return them to me, and report to me the general condition of the house from time to time.” Mrs. Finsley herself for many years had done all the work, but for the last five years before the accident had hired somebody to help her, making payment therefor herself, a matter of which the defendant had no knowledge. The plaintiff herself was living in one of the houses, was so hired…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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