Revell v. Deegan

William Henry Revell, hereinafter called the plaintiff, filed an action at law in the court below against Hattie Stiriz Deegan, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained as the, proximate result of the defendant’s negligence.

The plaintiff alleged that he had been for several years the tenant or lessee of a second-floor apartment in a building owned by the defendant; that while descending a wooden stairway • leading from the rear porch on the second floor to the ground, which stairway was reserved by and under the control…