Stevens v. Schweizer
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by defendant from judgment of the City Court of the city of New York, entered on verdict in favor of plaintiff and from order denying motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtGuy, J.
The action is by a tenant of a flat in a tenement house to recover damages for personal injuries sustained through the fall of a portion of the ceiling in her kitchen, alleged to have resulted from the negligence of defendant. Plaintiff testified that on Thursday night, March 12 or 13, 1914, she was awakened by the dripping of water; that she got up out of bed and found water dripping from the middle of the kitchen ceiling to the floor; that she put a pan on the floor to *648catch the water and had to get np two or three hours later to empty the pan after it had filled; that on the following…
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