Roberts v. Lewis

BLACKBIRD, Justice.

In May, 1964, plaintiff, a motel maid, was the tenant occupying apartment No. 1, in an apartment building owned by the defendant (Mrs.) Bessie Lewis on Oklahoma City’s east side. The defendant, Red Ingram, Mrs. Lewis’s employee, helped operate the building. His duties included renting the apartments, and collecting their rentals. He rented plaintiff’s apartment to her for at least the last part of that month. On June 2nd, plaintiff left her two young daughters with her husband’s cousin, Evelyn Vick, who occupied apartment No. 2, across the hall from plaintiff’s apartment,…