Demilt v. . Hart

Plaintiff was attending a meeting of the Sons and Daughters óf Liberty at Hart’s Hall in Brooklyn on the second floor of the building on a stormy night on the 22d day of January, 1920, when a fire broke out in the building next door. In the rush to get out of the hall she was unable readily to open the exit door leading to the fire escape, got out through a window instead, went down the wrong ladder, fell and sustained injuries. She brought action against defendant, the owner of the building, and obtained a judgment which has been unanimously affirmed. Defendant appeals to this court' by…