Brennan v. Lachat
City of New York Municipal Court
Appeal from a judgment entered upon a verdict of a jury at trial term and from an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The defendant was the owner of a tenement house at Number 9 Yarick place, having accommodation for nine families or more, and having common stairways for the use of all the occupants of the house.
On and prior to the 5th of May, 1885, the plaintiff and her family occupied an apartment in said house, and on the evening of that day in descending the stairway her dress caught in some obstruction on the stairs by reason of which she was thrown *883violently down tlie stairs causing her severe injuries, for which this action is brought, and upon the trial a verdict was rendered for four hundred dollars…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People Ex Rel. Stranahan v. ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1885