Ensor v. Ortman

Suit was instituted by John Bosley Ensor and his wife, Elizabeth A. Ensor, to recover for injuries sustained by the latter when she fell through the deck of the back porch of a house in which they lived, owned by and located on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Ortman, two of the defendants named in the declaration. They also sued, in the same declaration, Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Ensor, from whom they had orally subleased the premises, and obtained a default judgment against them. The case was heard before a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Judge Menchine presiding, and the…