Browning v. St. James Hotel Co.

The plaintiff, C. E. Browning, brought this suit to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in a fall on premises which his employer, L. M. Berry Co., had leased from the defendant, St. James Hotel Company. The lease agreement between the Berry Company and the defendant imposed on the defendant the contractual duty to air condition the office space leased to the Berry Company and to provide all janitorial service. The lease further provided that the defendant had the right to enter the leased premises at any reasonable time to examine them, and to make such repairs as it was under a…