Kisten v. Koplowitch

Martin, J.:

This is an appeal by defendant from judgments for plaintiffs and orders denying new trials, rendered in favor of an infant and her father for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the infant from a fall on the stairway leading to the top floor of a two-family house owned by appellant. The infant plaintiff obtained a verdict for $2,000, and her father a verdict for $225.

In March, 1920, defendant was the owner of a two-family brick house known as No. 342 Saratoga avenue, borough of Brooklyn, city of New York. The basement and first floor were occupied by a tenant named Cohen. A…