The issue is whether an owner is liable to an infant for injuries sustained as a result of another child raising and dropping a public sidewalk grating-type cellar door on the infant's hand. The door was not locked although it had a locking mechanism, because the mechanism was in disrepair. The trial court dismissed the complaint as a matter of law at the close of plaintiffs' case.
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