Staes v. Terranova

Jeanne Staes, wife of Joseph Duvernay, seeks recovery of damages from the defendants, charging that she sustained physical injuries as the result of a fall caused by defective steps leading to the ground from the rear door of the premises No. 2112 St. Peter Street, of which she avers she and her husband were tenants. She charges that on the morning of November 4, 1939, at about 8:30 o'clock, as she attempted to descend to the ground by means of the said steps, the top tread tilted and caused her to lose her balance and that "the left side of the frame of said steps pulled away from the rear…