Coleman v. Renesch

The defendant, Maude Renesch, was the owner of a vacant lot in the city of Cincinnati, across a portion of which was a, more or less beaten path which had been used by members of the public for a long time. People who were traveling on foot and wished to pass from Zumstein avenue to Observatory road, or vice versa, frequently used this pathway as a *178short out, and by so doing avoided a longer route on the public streets. The plaintiff herself, Susan W. Coleman, was familiar with this path, having frequently used it.

On the evening of February 28, 1921, after dark, the plaintiff having occasion…