Gallman v. Young

Plaintiff sues defendants in damages for the sum of $10,000.00 for physical injuries which she claims to have sustained by falling down defective steps attached to property belonging to the defendants. It is alleged in the petition that plaintiff was a sub-tenant of one Mrs. Thomas Agnew, the lessee of defendants’ property; that under a monthly rental she was occupying a rear room on the premises, and while using the steps leading therefrom into the yard, the lowest tread of the steps, which was in a rotten and dangerous condition, callapsed under her weight, causing her to fall and to…