Legal Opinion
Henkel v. Varner
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 15, 1943No. 8357PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Associate Justice.
The facts of the case, as appellee contends, were that he and his family were tenants of an apartment in a building which belonged to appellant; that the bathtub faucet in the apartment was leaking and ap-pellee requested that it be repaired; that, thereupon, the janitor, acting upon instructions from the manager of the building, undertook to make 'the necessary repairs; that on the following morning appellee attempted to turn the porcelain handle of the hot-water faucet of the bathtub; the handle broke, leaving a sharp edge which cut and injured his hand. Following…
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