Margulies v. Beck
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from City Court of New York, Special Term. Action by Bessie Margulies, an infant, by Benjamin Margulies, her guardian ad litem, against Morris Beck. From an order of the City Court, setting aside a dismissal of the complaint, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeabury, J.
The complaint alleges that the defendant was the owner of a tenement house, and that “while in the control and management thereof” he did permit or allow said premises to be used in a defective, dangerous, and improper condition, wrongfully and unlawfully, in permitting a certain window glass connected with said premises to become loosened and unfastened,” and that by reason thereof the plaintiff “was struck upon the head by said above glass, without any negligence on the part of the plaintiff.”
The evidence adduced upon the trial was meager. It established that the defendant was the owner of…
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