Pitman v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the plaintiff, Fanny Pitman, as administratrix, etc., for a new trial upon a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance'upon the dismissal of the complaint .by direction of the court after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term on the 6th day of May, 1910.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J. :
The action is for negligence. At the close of the evidence the plaintiff was dismissed, judgment was directed for the defendant' and the exceptions ordered for hearing before us in the first instance.
The plaintiff’s intestate, a man of mature years, descending the stairway of a comfort station in the borough of Brooklyn slipped, fell and suffered fatal injuries. It is charged that the city negligently maintained the stairway in a dangerous and defective condition, in that it was not furnished with a handrail and that the steps were sloping, smooth and dangerous. The plaintiff gave *672.…
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