Lee v. Ingraham
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Winifred A. Ingraham, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 8th day of December, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 3d day of Decernber, 1903, denying the defendant’s, motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
The main -question in this ease is whether the plaintiff proved enough to justify the jury in exonerating her from contributory negligence. She resided with her sister, who was a tenant in an apartment house belonging to the defendant. A young cousin also resided with this sister. The plaintiff was sitting up late at night to let ,him in, and upon his arrival she endeavored to operate the automatic apparatus whereby the front door was usually opened,but- found that it would not work. Thereupon she called to her cousin, telling him that she Avould come down herself and…
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