Dillehay v. Minor
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dickinson District Court. — James DeLand, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for personal injury. There was a directed verdict and judgment for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, C. J.
1. landlord and TENANT: common passageways: duty of landlord. The defendant is the owner of a two-story building in the town of Milford. The first story is occupied and used by him as a pool hall. The second story is divided into rooms to let. Some of these rooms are reached only by a flight of stairs at the rear of the building. Access to the other rooms, several in number, is provided by a flight of stairs leading up the side of the building from the front, and another leading up the same side from the rear, and landing on a common platform at the level of the second floor. From this…
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