Order reversed on the law and facts and verdict reinstated, with costs.
Memorandum:
The Trial Judge unequivocably charged the jury that the question to be determined by them was "Did the defendant in this particular case use reasonable care in lighting this stairway". Although erroneous under the facts here presented (Kimbar v. Estis,
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