Murtha v. . Ridley
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, in each of the above-entitled actions, from a judgment entered July 13, 1921, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and directing a dismissal of the complaint. The first action was to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff through the negligence of defendant.
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Appeal, in each of the above-entitled actions, from a judgment entered July 13, 1921, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and directing a dismissal of the complaint. The first action was to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff through the negligence of defendant. The second action, brought by the mother of the plaintiff in the first, was to recover for loss of services resulting from his injuries. The trial court properly submitted…
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
On May 10, 1917, the plaintiff, seven years of age, who lived with his mother, a tenant of the defendant, at No. 799 East One Hundred and Fifty-, sixth street, New York city, was injured by falling into an areaway in the back yard of the premises. The. cement coping around the edge of the areaway broke and gave way. Three tenants occupied the premises. The ground floor was tenanted by the plaintiff and his mother) the second floor by Mrs. Schwartz and her eight children) and the top floor by Mrs. Frankel and her daughter.
The depth of the yard on the easterly side was nineteen feet, on the…
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