Kunder v. Purchase Holding Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Purchase Holding Company, 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 11th day of November, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury for $600, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of November, 1918, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The action was brought to recover damages for injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of the defendant. The plaintiff resided with her sister in the premises owned by the defendant. She resided on the fifth floor of an apartment house. On the morning of the 31st day of January, 1917, at about seven a., m., the plaintiff was descending the stairway. This stairway consisted of two sections: First, seven steps to a landing and then a turn to the right and one step to another landing, then down the second section of the stairway another seven steps to the floor below, the…
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