Gottuso v. Baker

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Garrison, J.

The plaintiffs, who are husband and wife, seek to recover from the defendant compensation for injuries received by them in escaping from a burning building in the city of Passaic in which they were dwelling, and which was owned by the defendant. The plaintiffs’ case against the defendant, as far as the question of liability was concerned, was rested upon the act of March 24th, 1890, entitled “An act relative to fire escapes” (Pamph. L., p. 101), and upon the act of March 28th, 1899, entitled “An act for the better security of life and limb…