Gibson v. Littlejohn

Elizabeth Gibson sued Charles L. Littlejohn to recover damages for alleged personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant in failing to discover and repair the defective condition of the floor of the front porch of a dwelling house rented from the defendant by her husband. The court sustained a general demurrer to the petition, and the plaintiff excepted to that judgment.

Since the controlling question is whether the notice given the defendant by the plaintiff’s husband of defects in the roof of the house (including the roof over the porch) sufficed to put the defendant on…