Hanover v. Brady

JANVIER, Judge.

Mrs. Hanover, while standing on the porch of a house owned by defendant, was injured when one of the floor boards, four inches wide, gave way, her weight forcing her leg through the small opening made by the removal of the board and injuring her knee, thigh, leg, and ankle. She claims $1,500 for pain and suffering.

Her husband, as head and master of the community, sues for medical expenses and for loss of the amount his wife would have earned in her trade as a saleswoman had she not been disabled.

Mrs. Hanover was not a tenant, and was on the property, not by virtue of a contract…