Roberts v. Bradley

Eberhardt, Judge.

A petition alleging that plaintiff was invited to the home of defendant for a New Year’s Eve party, the weather being cold, rainy, freezing, and ice forming on the ground, and that after arriving plaintiff and defendant left by way of the back door to go across the yard to a neighbor’s home, defendant preceding plaintiff down the back steps of concrete with ice formed thereon, and that when plaintiff stepped on the top step he slipped, fell and was injured, fails to set out a cause of action. Construing the petition against the plaintiff on demurrer, it must be assumed that…