Klein v. Young

The question in this case is stated in the opinion by the Court of Appeal (Gallman v. Young, 3 La. App. 758) thus:

“Can a lessor, by contract, shift from himself to his lessee .the primary obligation imposed on the lessor by law of seeing to the safety of his building, so as to absolve himself from all responsibility to others who derive through his lessee the right to be on the leased premises? ”

The plaintiff, whose occupation was that of a practical nurse, occupied a room which she rented from Mrs. Agnew, in a house owned by the defendants and leased to Mrs. Agnew. A part of the back stairs…