Brugher v. Buchtenkirch
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Emily Brugher, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26th day of October, 1898, ujion the dismissal of the complaint, by direction of the court, after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in a hallway of a tenement house belonging to the defendant in the city of New York. She went upon the premises to see a tenant with whom she had some business to transact. That tenant resided in the upper part of the house, but the plaintiff was not aware of that fact. On arriving at the house she *503rang the bell, the door was opened by some appliance from above and she found herself in the hallway, which she describes as being dark. She walked carefully along the hall until she reached a…
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- Brugher v. BuchtenkirchAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898