Bloomer v. Schwartz

This case was tried before the court without a jury on an agreed statement of facts.

On the evening of February 6, 1955 plaintiffs’ intestate was leaving the newly purchased home of her daughter and son-in-law at 659 Linden Boulevard. She had descended the six steps on the outside of the building leading from the vestibule to a concrete platform approximately three feet square. She traversed the platform and came to two steps leading from the platform to the sidewalk, when she fell on the steps, receiving injuries from which she later died. It has been stipulated that the plans for this…