Case Name: Charles Cohen, Respondent, v. Elmont Cemetery, Inc., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1941-10-14
Citations: 262 A.D. 1029
Docket Number: 
Parties: Charles Cohen, Respondent, v. Elmont Cemetery, Inc., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 262
Pages: 1029–1030

Head Matter:
Charles Cohen, Respondent, v. Elmont Cemetery, Inc., Appellant.

Opinion:
Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained when he fell down a stairway leading to a washroom in an office building at defend ant's cemetery. Plaintiff's testimony was that he slipped on a foreign substance on one of the steps. Judgment in favor of plaintiff reversed on the law and the facts, with costs, and complaint dismissed on the law, with costs. Appeal from order dismissed, without costs. Accepting the testimony most favorable to the plaintiff, the proof was insufficient to charge the defendant, under the circumstances of this case, with constructive notice of the dangerous condition. (Goodman v. Silverman, 231 App. Div. 84; Maringer v. Hill, 146 id. 720; Dinegar v. Sweeney, 279 N. Y. 591.) Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Taylor and Close, JJ., concur.