Harwood's Adm'r v. Richter

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Perry

—Affirming.

This is a statutory action to recover for the death of appellant’s intestate, George P. Harwood, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in failing to keep a light burning in the third floor hall and stairway of his tenement house, known as 1104 W. Market St., Louisville, Ky., between sunset and ten o’clock, as required by Section 3037g-41, which provides that :

“In every tenement house a proper light shall be kept burning by the owner in the public hallways, near the stairs upon the entrance floor, and upon the second floor…