Saraceni v. Mount Vernon Trust Co.

Action for personal injuries sustained by an infant who fell from a ladder which was part of the fire escape in the rear of defendant’s apartment house where plaintiff resided. The ladder was suspended from an iron balcony opposite a second story window and reached a point about three feet from the surface of the yard. The infant had been playing in the yard and climbed the *613ladder. When descending, his foot slipped on a bent rung, the ladder swayed, and he fell to the yard. Judgment reversed on the law and complaint dismissed, with costs. The maintenance of the ladder did not create a…