Purcell v. English

The case made by the appellant’s complaint,, shortly stated, is this: She was the tenant of the appellee,, having leased rooms in an upper story of a building owned by him; the approach to these rooms was by a stairway common to the use of all the tenants of the building; the railing of this stairway had been suffered to get out of repair, and was rotten and loose; the stairway became dangerous and unsafe from ice and snow, which covered the steps; the appellant, in attempting to descend, slipped, and, in falling, grasped the railing, which gave way, and she fell to the pavement and was…