Gorel v. Comensky

Patterson, J.,

Defendants own a four-family apartment building at 716 North Sheridan Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. Plaintiff as tenant went into the occupancy of a second-floor apartment in May 1943 and was still in possession thereof on April 2, 1945.

A porch four feet wide was along the front of the building. A flight of seven concrete steps gave access to and descent from the porch. A short space of concrete walk and two or three other steps provided means of reaching the sidewalk. From the porch various entrances for the respective tenants led to the interior.

On April 2, 1945, at 11:20 p. m.,…