L. W. Pomerene Co. v. White

Oldham, C.

This is an action for personal injuries occasioned by plaintiff’s falling through a trap-door into the basement of *172her own dwelling house. The facts set forth in the petition and supported by plaintiff’s testimony are: That plaintiff’s husband had employed the defendant plumbing company to make repairs on his dwelling house, in the line of putting in plumbing fixtures and connecting the same with a bathroom; to do this work, it was necessary for defendant’s servants to go under the floor of the residence; plaintiff’s husband showed them a trap-door in the bathroom; raised it up for…