Deutsch v. Robert Hoe Estate Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Alexander Deutsch, 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 16th day of November, 1915, dismissing the complaint upon the decision of the court after a trial before the court, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The action was by a tenant against a landlord to recover the sum of $2,150, the conceded cost of complying with two items in an order of the State Department of Labor, issued January 3, 1914, which directed the tenant in the demised premises to “maintain a fireproof passageway at least three feet wide leading from foot of fire escape to street,” and “keep passageway leading from foot of fire escape to street adequately lighted at all times.” This involved the construction of a fireproof mezzanine passageway on the first floor of the building to afford an emergency exit from the foot…
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