Rambo v. Longmore

Action in negligence against the landlords of a one-family house to recover for personal injuries suffered by the infant plaintiff, daughter of the tenant, when she fell from the higher of two wooden steps located between the front porch and the ground; and by the infant plaintiff’s mother for expenses and loss of services. The steps were voluntarily constructed by appellants in 1938. The injured plaintiff used the steps once or twice daily for five years prior to the accident. The claimed defect is in the construction of the steps. On one step the tread was eleven inches deep and on the…