Murtha v. Ridley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal in the first above-entitled action by the.defendant, Edward Albert Ridley, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26th day of February, 1920, on the verdict- of a jury for $7,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
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Appeal in the first above-entitled action by the.defendant, Edward Albert Ridley, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26th day of February, 1920, on the verdict- of a jury for $7,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. Appeal in the second above-entitled action by the defendant, Edward Albert Eidley, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office' of the clerk…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.:
The judgment in favor of the infant is for $7,674.39. The one in favor of the mother is for $619. The action is against the landlord of a tenement house. There were three apartments in this tenement house, one on each floor. Behind the house there was a yard about nineteen by nineteen. In this yard there was an areaway near the building for the purpose of allowing windows to be put into the cellar, so as to light the cellar. This areaway had around it a cement coping, but no raffing. The child while playing in this yard fell into this areaway by reason of a break in this cement…
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