Kingsley v. Schnell

This is a suit by a tenant against a landlord for damages due to personal injuries, alleged to have been sustained by the tenant because of a fall said to have been occasioned by defective steps, the amount claimed is $10,-226.00.

Plaintiff asserts that while sweeping a room leading out into the side yard, the steps of her residence were covered with the sweepings, which she undertook to remove with her broom, sweeping one step at a time; that as she reached the last or lower step, a piece of tread gave way, her feet went forward, she fell back and became instantly unconscious. She was picked…