Pierre v. Levy

OPINION

WESTERFIELD, J.

The plaintiff, claiming to have been the .tenant of defendant, sues him for $1000.00 as damages alleged to be due because of physical injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff as the result of a fall caused by defective steps attached to the leased premises.

Defendant denies that plaintiff was his tenant at the time of the alleged accident; denies that she was injured as a result of defective steps, and avers that plaintiff was a trespasser on the property which he (defendant) had leased to one Son Jackson, and, therefore, and in the alternative, if plaintiff…