Miller v. Hooper
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This is an action on the case alleging negligence, brought by plaintiff, a daughter of a tenant of the defendants, to recover damages for an alleged injury received in passing down the back door steps leading from the first floor of the building, in which was the tenement occupied by her father, to the street. The building being located in Portland at the corner of Oxford and Franklin streets.
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On report. This is an action on the case alleging negligence, brought by plaintiff, a daughter of a tenant of the defendants, to recover damages for an alleged injury received in passing down the back door steps leading from the first floor of the building, in which was the tenement occupied by her father, to the street. The building being located in Portland at the corner of Oxford and Franklin streets. After the testimony was taken, by agreement of the parties, the case was reported to the Law Court to render such judgment as the law and evidence required. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDeasy, J.
The plaintiff was one of the household of her father who occupied as tenants of the defendants the lower of two tenements in a house situated on Franklin Street, Portland.
On Dec. 11, 1919, while leaving the house by the back stairway, used in common by the occupants of both tenements, she tripped 'and fell, sustaining injuries to recover damages for which this suit is brought.
The duties which a landlord owes to his tenants and their households are established by many -judicial decisions. He must make such repairs as he expressly agrees to make. He must disclose to the tenant any hidden…
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