Keating v. Stevenson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Michael Keating, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 4th day of January, 1897, upon the dismissal of his complaint directed by the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey., J.:
The defendants, by virtue of a devise to’them in the will of David Stevenson, deceased, were the owners of certain premises in the city of New York, upon a trust, to collect the rents and profits thereof and pay them over to the beneficiaries named in the will in the manner provided therein. They were charged, among other things, by the will with the duty of keeping the property in repair. On the 1st day of September, 1893, they had leased the premises to-one Gallagher. The evidence showed that at the time the lease was-made a stairway leading into the cellar was in a ruinous and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kain v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Cardot v. . BarneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
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