Zolla v. Young Women's Christian Ass'n

The action is for personal injuries, brought by

the plaintiff, a visitor to a tenant on the upper floor of a two-family house, against the assignee of rents, operating the premises *140as landlord. Judgment was entered in favor of the defendant after a trial before the court without a jury.

The stairway where the accident happened was under the exclusive control of the tenant, and the landlord is not liable for an injury resulting from a defect in such stairway. (Kisten v. Koplowitch, 207 App. Div. 642; Kane v. Williams, 140 id. 857; Cuttings v. Goetz, 256 N. Y. 287.)

The judgment should be…