Costello v. Simon

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by the. plaintiff when-he jumped or. fell from a ladder placed in position by the defendant against the side of her residence. The district court sustained defendant’s motion for dismissal at the conclusion of the testimony and this appeal followed.

Plaintiff, Edward A. Costello, and defendant, Mrs. Genevieve Simon, are next door neighbors in Omaha. The defendant’s house is basically one-story frame construction, faces south, and had metal guttering extending along the length of the east and west eaves of the house, approximately 11 feet above…