Dennis v. Tishman

Plaintiff in this case sued for damages for the death of her husband, who died of concussion of the brain caused by a fall upon the stairway in the premises of defendant upon which stairway there was no handrail. Defendant claimed that it was not guilty of negligence, and that the deceased was negligent in the manner of descending the stairway upon which he fell, and also because chemical examination of his brain showed the presence of enough alcohol there to warrant the belief that he was intoxicated at the time of the fall.

At the trial, lasting three days, by exceedingly able counsel for…