Kaufman v. Young
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Second District. Action by Estelle Kaufman, an infant, by Abraham Kaufman, her guardian ad litem, against Louis Young. From a judgment dismissing the complaint on the merits at the close of the case, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The plaintiff testified that the stairs were “oily and slippery.” condition is that an hour before the accident, at about 6 o’clock, an employé of the defendant washed down the steps, as she did on every other Sunday morning, and that she left the steps “wet and slippery.” There is no testimony that she used any oil in the cleaning, or that ' she permitted any water or other substance to collect in puddles; on j the contrary, it affirmatively appears that the steps were of slate, and i that the employé washed them down with a “wet rag.”
I know of no method by which slate steps can be washed…
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