Byrd v. Spiro

JANVIER, Judge.

This is a suit for personal injuries sustained by Caroline Byrd while on a visit to her daughter, who, with her husband, occupied a building owned by defendant, Louis Spiro. She alleges that as she walked across the gallery of the building one of the planks of which it was composed broke, and her right leg went through the hole, injuring it very badly, and incapacitating her for work for six months, and that she was required to remain in bed under the care of a physician for two months.

Defendant maintains that the gallery was in good condition, and that, if there were any…