Schlessinger v. Manhattan Railway Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the City Court of the city of ¡New York entered in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial before the court and a jury, and also from an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtScott, J.
The plaintiff tripped upon the step of a stairway, leading from one of defendant’s platforms to the street. There is no doubt of the injury or of the defective conditions from which the injury resulted. The main defense relied upon is that the stairway upon which the accident happened had been constructed by, and was owned and maintained by, the city of ¡New York. The evidence on this subject showed *505that, in 1896 or 1897, after defendant’s platform had been constructed for some years, the city of Hew York erected an elevated viaduct over One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street, at right angles to…
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