Swingler v. Robinson

WOLFE, Judge.

This is an action in which the plaintiff seeks damages for personal injuries sustained when she fell from a porch on the rear of the premises that she occupied as the daughter of a tenant. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,500 against the four defendants who owned the building and these defendants prosecute this appeal.

The evidence discloses that the plaintiff’s father, Charlie Perkins, rented a ground floor flat in June of 1951. The flat was known as 4511 Cottage Avenue and was located in the City of St. Louis. It was part of a two-family…