Yochelson v. City of New York

This action was instituted by the plaintiff, an active practitioner at the bar, to recover for damages sustained by him on June 22, 1934, while entering the premises 264 Madison street, New York city. He tripped and fell by reason of a defective *499step in the stoop of the building leading to the main entrance. If the action were one brought by a person lawfully on private premises the evidence as to negligence would be sufficient to sustain a verdict in plaintiff’s favor against the owner. By stipulation of counsel on the trial, a verdict was directed in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of…