Sullivan v. Northridge

The plaintiff’s father, with whom she lived, was tenant at will of the second floor tenement in a two-story house owned by the defendant. On February 24, 1920, she went out on the piazza to take some clothes from the clothes reel, when the piazza roof suddenly fell upon her, causing the injuries complained of. There was evidence that the plaintiff’s parents occupied this upper floor when the defendant purchased the property; that the premises were then in good condition; that about ten months prior to the accident the defendant removed a pipe *383which had carried the water from the roof, and “…