Case Name: Leon Zolla, Appellant, v. Young Women's Christian Association of Brooklyn, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1937-03-01
Citations: 250 A.D. 139
Docket Number: 
Parties: Leon Zolla, Appellant, v. Young Women’s Christian Association of Brooklyn, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 250
Pages: 139–140

Head Matter:
Leon Zolla, Appellant, v. Young Women’s Christian Association of Brooklyn, Respondent.
Second Department,
March 1, 1937.
Harry T. Thurschwell [Jules Berg with him on the brief], for the appellant.
Elliott W. Smith, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The action is for personal injuries, brought by
the plaintiff, a visitor to a tenant on the upper floor of a two-family house, against the assignee of rents, operating the premises as landlord. Judgment was entered in favor of the defendant after a trial before the court without a jury.
The stairway where the accident happened was under the exclusive control of the tenant, and the landlord is not liable for an injury resulting from a defect in such stairway. (Kisten v. Koplowitch, 207 App. Div. 642; Kane v. Williams, 140 id. 857; Cuttings v. Goetz, 256 N. Y. 287.)
The judgment should be affirmed, with costs.
Present — Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Davis, Johnston and Close, JJ.
Judgment for defendant unanimously affirmed, with costs.