Van Ness v. Murphy
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendants from a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff in the Municipal Court of the city of New York, second district, borough of The Bronx.
1Per curiam
From the plaintiff’s own testimony it ap-
pears that she entered into a dimly lighted or, as she expresses it, dark hallway and deliberately opened and walked through the first door she saw. This doorway led to the cellar and the plaintiff fell down the stairs and was injured. The only evidence of the defendants’ negligence lies in the mere statement that the hallway was dark. The plaintiff had visited the premises the week preceding the accident and had selected an apartment for her daughter on the southerly side of the hall. The entrance to this apartment was on the right and the entrance to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Robinson v. CrimminsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
3Cited by1 opinion
- View v. Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1911