Petrey v. Liuzzi

OPINION

By MATTHEWS, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment upon a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in an action for damages on account of personal injuries.

There is no dispute that the plaintiff was a lessee and occupant of rooms on the first floor of a dwelling house owned by the defendant. It was a two story building with attic. The second story was occupied by another tenant and the attic had been used as living quarters while plaintiff occupied the first story, but at the time in question here ■it was not so used.

On the first floor there was a hallway leading from the front toward the rear…