Sales v. Bradley

CLAY, Commissioner.

Alfred Sales, an elderly gentleman, was injured when he fell at the bottom of a flight of stairs in a building owned by two of the defendants and leased for business purposes by the other. In this suit for damages the trial court directed a verdict for the owners and a jury returned a verdict for the lessee.

The stairway consisted of 12 wooden steps. The risers on the first 11 steps from the top are eight inches in height, the last, or bottom one, being four inches. It is difficult to determine from Mr. Sales’ testimony what caused his fall but the claim seems to be that the…