Nelson v. Facciola

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

This was an action in trespass in which the wife-plaintiff, Marcella Nelson, and her husband, Carl V. Nelson, sued the defendant, Frank Facciolo, Trustee, to recover for injuries which she received when descending outside steps from her apartment in the defendant’s building. The wife-plaintiff fell because the heel of her shoe became wedged in a one-eighth to one-quarter of an inch slot between the wooden stair treads of the steps. Each step in the stairway was constructed of.two boards or .treads laid side by side with a space between them one-eightli to one-quarter of an…