Slater v. Barnes

McAvoy, J.:

The action was brought to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff through the negligence of the defendants. The complaint was dismissed because no proof of negligence, in the opinion of the learned trial court, was shown.

The plaintiff was a tenant of premises at 70 West Thirty-eighth street, borough of Manhattan, New York city. The defendants Barnes and Newberry were the owners, and the defendant- Douglas Robinson, Charles S. Brown Company was the agent of the premises. While the plaintiff was in her apartment, she was injured by the falling of a large portion of a…