Burke v. Sams

Addie Burke brought suit against H. D. D. Sams to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by her as a result of the alleged negligence of the defendant in failing to keep in repair premises which the defendant as landlord had leased to the plaintiff as tenant. The substance of the petition is as follows: That the plaintiff entered into a contract of rental as tenant for the premises, with a renting agency who was agent of the defendant, and that the defendant’s agent agreed to repair the plastering and to “go over the house generally” before petitioner moved into…