Price v. Florsheim

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, a young negro woman. On February 1, 1928, she leased from the defendant the premises at 1706 Hotchkiss street, in Shreveport, La. On February 3d following* while lawfully in the premises, the term of the lease having begun to run, the plaintiff, while engaged in cleaning an upstairs porch, placed her hand on one of the railings supporting the banisters of the porch, while in the act of picking something up from the floor, and when she did so the railing suddenly tore loose from thA post, thus causing…