Case Name: Louis Czesznek, Respondent, v. Ruffy Corporation, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1940-04-19
Citations: 259 A.D. 302
Docket Number: 
Parties: Louis Czesznek, Respondent, v. Ruffy Corporation, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 259
Pages: 302–303

Head Matter:
Louis Czesznek, Respondent, v. Ruffy Corporation, Appellant.
First Department,
April 19, 1940.
Herbert F. Hastings, Jr., attorney [F. G. Mann with him on the brief], for the appellant.
Benjamin H. Siff of counsel [Julian A. Oshlag, attorney], for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. (Rohrbacher v. Gillig, 203 N. Y. 413; Hudson v. Church of Holy Trinity, 250 id. 513.) The instructions by the defendant's superintendent to the plaintiff on the day preceding the accident to place the mash in the boiler room of the cellar did not constitute an assurance to the plaintiff that he might proceed there safely in complete darkness and without guidance.
The judgment should be reversed, with costs, and the complaint dismissed, with costs.
Present — Martin, P. J., O'Malley, Townley, Glennon and Untermyer, JJ.
Judgment unanimously reversed, with costs, and the complaint dismissed, with costs.