Rankin v. Ittner Realty Co.

Action to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff as the result of slipping on steps leading into an apartment where she lived. The defendant offered no evidence except the testimony of Mr. Scarr, who was Director of the United States Weather Bureau in New York city. - The judgment of the Appellate Division was not unanimous (two of the justices dissented).

There is absolutely no evidence, as I read this record, of any negligence on the part of the defendant. The plaintiff testified that she left her apartment between two and three o’clock in the afternoon…