McCabe v. Mackay

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained on September 21, 1923, while the plaintiff was descending a stairway in the office building of the defendant located at No. 20 Broad street, borough of Manhattan, city of New York.

At about noon on that day, the plaintiff, who was employed by a stock brokerage firm with offices on the ground floor of the defendant’s building, went upstairs to the lavatory situated between the first and second floors. While returning to the office, she says she descended the stairs slowly; that it was very dark; that…