Conway v. Sciano

This is a personal injury action tried without a jury.

Plaintiff’s material allegations as to liability, denied by defendant, are that on July 5, 1959 she was a week-end guest of her son-in-law, George Pugh, in a Summer cottage rented furnished from the defendant under an oral lease; that on that day, while about to descend the single step leading from the dining room into the kitchen, she tripped on the defective aluminum strip running along the edge of the step and suffered the injuries complained of; that the defendant exercised control over the cottage, including the step, and that, since…