Schenk v. Lamp

This is an action brought by the plaintiff, Hilda E. Schenk, a tenant in a house in Clackamas, Oregon, that she and her husband were renting from the defendant-landlord, Carl Lamp. Plaintiff seeks damages for injuries sustained as the result of a fall on the back steps of the leased premises. She alleges that the defendant agreed at the time of the execution of the verbal leasing agreement in February, 1958, to make certain repairs on the premises, and specifically to repair the back porch steps. It was the collapse of a portion of the porch on September 3, 1959, that caused her injuries. It…