Bryant, Admr. v. Schrage, Admr.

This is an appeal from -a judgment based on the negligent causing of the death of plaintiffs decedent. The negligent act alleged is that a certain common stairway was maintained, the steps or treads of which had been allowed to become and remain in a defective condition which caused the decedent to fall down the stairs, resulting in injuries from which he died two days thereafter. There is such evidence of defects in the treads that an issue of fact was made as to whether the steps were reasonably safe, and there is circumstantial evidence that the decedent’s fall and death resulted directly…