New York Court of Appeals January 5, 1932 (Mendelowitz v. Neisner)

Crane, J.

The defendant was the owner of an apartment house, 814 East One Hundred and Sixtieth street, in the city of New York. Around the building was an alleyway below the surface of the street, reached by descending a flight of steps. The alleyway was formed by the building of the apartment house on one side and a stone retaining wall on the other.