Legal Opinion
Schlicher v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 29, 1940PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtValente, J.
At about one o’clock in the morning of February 16, 1937, Gloria Schlicher, one of the plaintiffs, fell and was injured while ascending a stairway leading from East One Hundred and Sixty-first street to Eagle avenue in the Bronx. A stairway is required at this particular locality, for Eagle avenue is about forty feet higher than One Hundred and Sixty-first street.
Admittedly, and as the pleadings indicate, the staircase used is a public thoroughfare and is maintained by the defendant as a passageway for the public.
The question presented on the motion to dismiss is whether a municipality is…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Wilson v. . City of TroyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Eger v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Griffin v. Town of HarrisonNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Daly v. RectorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
- Andrews v. City of ElmiraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Appeal of Pine Bluffs v. State Board of EqualizationWyoming Supreme Court · 1958
- Thompson v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- Schlicher v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942
- Thompson v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Thompson v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
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