Turner v. Lischner

Plaintifffs brought this action against defendants to recover damages for injuries suffered by plaintiff Amy Pearl Turner when a wooden railing on an upper porch of the premises owned by defendants and occupied in part by plaintiffs gave way and collapsed, thereby causing Mrs. Turner to fall to the ground a distance of approximately fourteen feet. The complaint alleges and it is undenied in the answer that the accident in question occurred on the 5th day of February, 1940. The case was tried with a jury, and at the conclusion of plaintiff’s case motions for nonsuit were made on behalf of each…