Harrell v. Johnson

SARTAIN, Judge.

This is an action for personal injuries allegedly sustained by Barbara Harrell due to a defective bathroom floor in a house which she was renting from the defendant-landowner.

She alleged that about 3:00 a.m. on January 20, 1968, she was awakened by one of her young children who was suffering from an ear infection. After comforting him, she went to use the toilet and a portion of the floor by the toilet gave way beneath one of her legs causing her to fall through the floor and resulting in the damages claimed in this suit.

It appears that the floor was in fact defective and that…