Miller v. Steinfeld
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Rhoda N. Miller, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Saratoga on the 5th day of February, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 15th day of February, 1915, denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, J.:
The plaintiff was seriously injured by falling from a stepladder. ' It was of a construction commonly known as a stepladder chair, and bore the words, “Trade Mark, Steinfeld.” Two pieces of wood joined together by a hinge at each end formed the seat, permitting the back portion of the chair to be turned over on the front portion, creating a form of stepladder in common use. The defendants were dealers in toys and furniture specialties on Broadway in the city of New York. The chair was undoubtedly one of a half dozen bought of the *339defendants by Bickley Brothers who conducted a house…
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