Newhall v. McCann

Some thirty years ago vault doors were built in the sidewalk of what has now become a busy street in the city of Yonkers. These vault doors projected above the sidewalk about an inch, and over that portion of the doors which overlapped was an iron lip or strap which rose another inch above the sidewalk, making the height of the iron lip two inches above the sidewalk. In addition, the iron lip curved over the outer edge of the doors and extended out beyond the doors an inch. The vault doors extended out into the sidewalk from the building line forty-four and one-half inches. Against this lip…