Stern v. Haas

This is an action to recover one half the amount expended by the plaintiff for light and janitor services in a certain hallway used by the plaintiff and the appealing defendant, as lessees of adjacent properties. The defendant's lessor was made a party defendant, but upon the trial the jury rendered a verdict against the lessee alone, and she appeals.

In 1893 two buildings were erected at 64 and 66 Broadway in the city of Fargo, under a plan whereby ingress and egress to and from the second story was gained by means of a stairway so situated that one-half is located on the property of each…