Legal Opinion
Kay v. Cain
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 29, 1946No. 9010PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Associate Justice.
Appellee was the lessee of an apartment in a building owned by appellants, the lessors. There were 22 apartments in the building. Appellants controlled the halls, stairs and entrances. Appellee has recovered judgment for personal injuries caused by falling over a milk bottle on an uncovered and unlighted outside stairway by which she was returning to the building at night. This stairway was the only approach to a rear basement entrance which tenants often used. There was an electric light fixture over the stairway. Current could be turned on only by a switch in the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Kirshenbaum v. General Outdoor Advertising Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Pessagno v. Euclid Inv. Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- McCabe v. MacKayNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Railton v. TaylorSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1897
- Kessler v. the AnsoniaNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Yvonne C. Edwards v. Nathan HabibCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Javins v. First National Realty Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Kendall v. Gore Properties, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Linkins v. Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia Williams v. Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia Stone v. Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- William Condon Graham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1958
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