Hussey v. Long Dock Railroad Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lloyd, J.

These actions were brought in the Supreme Court to recover damages for personal injuries received by James Hussey and occasioned by the falling of a fire escape attached to a six-family apartment-house in Jersey City, the fall being claimed to be due to the negligence of the defendants. The Long Dock Railroad Company and the Erie Railroad Company leased to John Hussey the lower right apart ment of 347 Baldwin avenue under a written lease, and Hussey with his family, of which James Hussey, a. son, was one, occupied it at the time of the…