Bretsch v. Plate
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Rudolph Bretsch, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rings on the 24th day of March, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of April, 1902, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon, the minutes. .
1Opinion of the Court
Willaed Babtlett, J.:
On the afternoon of the 13th day of December, T900, between four and half-past four o’clock, the plaintiff fell downstairs in a *401tenement house, in the borough of Brooklyn, belonging to the defendant. His wrist was broken and his body was bruised by the fall, and for these injuries he has sought to hold the owner responsible in the present action. The negligence charged in the complaint is twofold: First, the failure to protect the stairs with a banister or railing; and, secondly, the omission to light the stairway and hall into which it opened.
There was no proof whatever…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Yates v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
3Cited by2 opinions
- Krause v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Green v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909