Legal Opinion
Harrison v. Mortgage Inv. Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 25, 1932No. 5420PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRONER, Associate Justice.
This was an aetion in tort to recover for injuries sustained by infant plaintiff in consequence of a fall from an iron stairway leading from an apartment leased to and occupied by her parents. The stair steps were equipped on each side with two iron railings, one 18 inches above the tread of the steps, the other 18 inches above it. The court below sustained a demurrer to the declaration, and the sole question is whether appellee was guilty of actionable negligence in not having the space between the two iron railings and the steps along either side of the stairway…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Doyle v. Union Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Brown v. WittnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Burke v. HulettIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Miller v. HooperSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1921
- Horn v. DanzigerAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1920
3Cited by12 opinions
- Bowles v. Mahoney. District of Columbia v. MahoneyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- Elton P. Lord and Geneva Lord v. Lencshire House, Ltd., Lencshire House, Ltd. v. Elton P. Lord and Geneva LordCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
- Callahan v. ButtreyDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1960
- Wagman v. BoccheciampeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- Jones v. City of Aberdeen, MarylandDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1956
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