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Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 1934

Brandstein v. B & East Eleventh Street Corp.

Brandstein v. B & East Eleventh Street Corp.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided July 18, 1934
152 Misc. 442; 273 N.Y.S. 777; 1934 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1546

Counsel

Harold M. Phillips [Alvin R. Cowan of counsel], for the appellant., Harry J. Lieblein [Jacob G. Schneier of counsel], for the respondent.

Brandstein v. B & East Eleventh Street Corp.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The landlord may not be held liable for injuries sustained by the plaintiff in using the fire escape for a purpose for which it was not intended. (Aubrey v. McCarthy, 217 App. Div. 492.)

Judgment reversed, with thirty dollars costs, and complaint dismissed on the merits, with costs.

All concur; present, Callahan, Frankenthaler and Shientag, JJ.

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