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GALLAGHER v. ST. RAYMOND'S R. C. CHURCH

21 N.Y.2d 554 (1968)

Gertrude J. Gallagher et al., Appellants, v. St. Raymond's Roman Catholic Church, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 4, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin H. Siff for appellants.

John J. Lynch and Patrick F. Adams for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL and JASEN concur.

KEATING, J.

For many years, the Senior Sodality of St. Raymond's Roman Catholic Church of East Rockaway had been meeting in the parish school. On Monday night, January 4, 1960, Gertrude Gallagher, then 60 years old, arrived to attend the weekly meeting of the Sodality. She climbed the six steps to the landing in front of the center door and entered the school. The lights, which illuminated the exterior of the...

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