Glassbrook v. Manhi Realty Corp.

Memorandum: Respondent, while engaged in her official duties as a United States Government census enumerator, was injured by reason of a fall alleged to have been caused by a worn and defective carpet on the common stairway of the apartment house owned and managed by appellant. Respondent being neither a trespasser nor a bare licensee was, nevertheless, rightfully there, engaged in the business of the public. Under such circumstances appellant was under a duty to respondent to keep and maintain the stairway in a reasonably safe condition. (Meiers v. Koch Brewery, 229 N. Y. 10.) The case was…