Hillelson v. Renner

Opinion bt

Hirt, J.,

The defendant is the owner of a three-story brick dwelling house on Baywood Street in Pittsburgh. Her mother, the plaintiff in this action, and her brother, Leonard Hillelson, live with her there in a family relationship. After dark in the early evening of January 15, 1952, plaintiff left the house with her son Leonard, intending to go to a “movie”. There are three concrete steps 12 to 15 feet wide, descending from a wooden porch on the front of the building to a concrete walk which extends from the foot of the steps to the sidewalk on Baywood Street. On leaving the house…