DeMateo v. Perano

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Minturn, J.

This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of Hudson county, removing a judgment entered on the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff for $1,500.

The suit was instituted by plaintiffs as husband and wife against the defendant as landlord, to recover for personal injuries sustained by the wife by falling on an icy stoop of the house wherein plaintiffs were residing as tenants. The declaration also contains a count for damages in favor, of the husband.

A rule to show cause was granted by the trial judge after judgment, reserving…