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263 A.D. 617

Petersen v. Crawford

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1942-04-10

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently November 2019

2 state decisions

Relies on Bowers v. City Bank Farmers Trust Co. · Matter of Leone v. Brewer · Murtha v. . Ridley

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Decided 1942-04-10

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Per Curiam.

¶1The evidence was sufficient to establish that the infant plaintiff, who was a playmate of a tenant, was an invitee; and that the yard appurtenant to defendants’ apartment houses had been used for a long time by plaintiff and the children of the tenants so as to make it a place used with the knowledge and consent of defendants, thus charging them with the duty of keeping it in a reasonably safe condition. (Murtha v. Ridley, 232 N. Y. 488; Parnell v. Holland Furnace Co., 234 App. Div. 567, 570; affd., 260 N. Y. 604.) There was also ample evidence to support a finding that defendants should have anticipated that the infant would be likely to play as he did, and that the defective condition *618of the retaining wall of the yard might subject him to injury. (Bowers v. City Bank Farmers Trust Co., 282 N. Y. 442; Collentine v. City of New York, 279 id. 119.) Accordingly, it was error to dismiss the complaint.

¶2The judgment should be reversed, with costs to the appellant, and a new trial ordered.

¶3Present — Martin, P. J., Untermyer, Dore, Cohn and Callahan, JJ.

¶4Judgment unanimously reversed, with costs to the appellant, and a new trial ordered.

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