Graham v. McCullough

1. The assignment of error in the bill of exceptions upon the refusal of the court to dismiss the petition, on an oral motion by the defendant, not having been argued or insisted on in the brief of counsel for the plaintiff in error, is treated as abandoned.

2. “Where a tenant requested the landlord to repair steps upon the premises, and, about three weeks' thereafter and shortly after the steps had been repaired, the tenant’s wife, who was an occupant of the premises, believing that the steps were in good condition, undertook to descend them, and while she was so doing the steps fell away…