Kingsley v. Pappas

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Kingsley v. Pappas

259 A.D. 1112, 21 N.Y.S.2d 229, 1940 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8165

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedJuly 2, 1940

StatusPublished

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Kingsley v. Pappas, 259 A.D. 1112, 21 N.Y.S.2d 229, 1940 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8165 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1940).

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Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the Albany county clerk’s office on December 14, 1939, in favor of plaintiff against defendants for $2,123 upon the verdict of a jury and from an order, entered on December 21, 1939, denying a motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial. This is a negligence action. Defendants operated a small restaurant. Plaintiff, a customer, asked to see defendant Karris and was directed by a waitress to go into the kitchen. Upon entering the kitchen plaintiff fell through an open and unguarded trap door a step or two inside the door leading into the kitchen, and was injured. Judgment and order unanimously affirmed, with costs. Present — Hill, P. J., Bliss, Heffernan, Schenek and Foster, JJ.

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Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the Albany county clerk’s office on December 14, 1939, in favor of plaintiff against defendants for $2,123 upon the verdict of a jury and from an order, entered on December 21, 1939, denying a motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial. This is a negligence action. Defendants operated a small restaurant. Plaintiff, a customer, asked to see defendant Karris and was directed by a waitress to go into the kitchen. Upon entering the kitchen plaintiff fell through an open and unguarded trap door a step or two inside the door leading into the kitchen, and was injured. Judgment and order unanimously affirmed, with costs. Present — Hill, P. J., Bliss, Heffernan, Schenek and Foster, JJ.

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259 A.D. 1112, 21 N.Y.S.2d 229, 1940 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8165, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/kingsley-v-pappas-nyappdiv-1940.