Case Name: Etta Bressler, Respondent, v. Rule Realty Co., Inc., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1927-03-04
Citations: 219 A.D. 529
Docket Number: 
Parties: Etta Bressler, Respondent, v. Rule Realty Co., Inc., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 219
Pages: 529–530

Head Matter:
Etta Bressler, Respondent, v. Rule Realty Co., Inc., Appellant.
First Department,
March 4, 1927.
Frederick Mellor of counsel [Richard F. Weeks with him on the brief], for the appellant.
Thomas J. Shelly of counsel [Ezra Gottlieb, attorney], for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The accident occurred while rain was still falling with freezing temperature. The defendant was not negligent, therefore, in failing to remove the ice or to throw ashes or sawdust thereon. (Kelly v. Manhattan Railway Co., 112 N. Y. 443.)
Plaintiff was also guilty of contributory negligence in failing to safeguard herself against the obvious slippery condition of the step.
The judgment should be reversed on the law and the facts, with costs, and the complaint dismissed, with costs.
Present — Dowling, P. J., Merrell, Martin, O'Malley and Proskauer, JJ.
Judgment reversed, with costs, and the complaint dismissed, with costs.