Legal Opinion
Mendelowitz v. Neisner
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 5, 1932PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
The defendant was the owner of an apartment house, 814 East One Hundred and Sixtieth street, in the city of New York. Around the building was an alleyway below the surface of the street, reached by descending a flight of steps. The alleyway was formed by the building of the apartment house on one side and a stone retaining wall on the other. The top of this retaining wall was on a level with the street and abutted onto buildings on adjoining property. The retaining wall was capped or topped by heavy flagstones two feet or more wide forming a walk for those who occasionally used it to enter…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Walsh v. Fitchburg RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Larmore v. . Crown Point Iron Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Sterger v. . Van SicklenNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Fox v. . Warner-Quinlan Asphalt Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Birch v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
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3Cited by62 opinions
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- Carbone v. MacKchil Realty Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1947
- Firfer Et Ux. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
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