Hahner v. Bender

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trenchard, J.

This is the defendant’s appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff entered xxpo-n the verdict of a jury at the Hudson Circuit in an action brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in a fall down a stairway in an apartment-house- known as No-. 174-Academy street, Jersey City, and owned by the- defendant.

We are of the opinion that there is no- merit in the contention of the appellant, that a nonsuit should have been granted or a verdict directed for the defendant on the- ground that no negligence had been…