Davis v. Marr

The parties to this action will be referred to by name or as they appeared in the trial court wherein Earl Davis was the defendant in a personal injury action brought by the plaintiff, Delia Marr.

On a spring afternoon sometime in May, 1961, plaintiff inspected a surplus army barracks which had been converted into a house and which was being offered for rent by the defendant.

According to plaintiff’s testimony, she and the defendant discussed the possibilities of his renting the house to her. As the negotiations developed, plaintiff noticed that the back steps of the house were in a defective…