War v. Mazzarella

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wells, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the Circuit Court of Passaic County upon the granting of a nonsuit in favor of the defendant-respondent,- Rose Mazzarella, and against the plaintiff-appellant, Christina War.

At the time of the accident, which is the basis of this action in tort, the plaintiff lived on Maple Street in Paterson, next to property owned by the defendant. On the afternoon of January 2d, 1945, the plaintiff was walking home from work when she slipped and fell on ice which had formed on the sidewalk in front of defendant’s…