Conners v. Benjamin I. Magid, Inc.

Defendants are owners and landlords of what is photographically depicted as an old wooden apartment building at 8762-8764 Russell street, in Detroit. The building consists of 5 apart-, ments and a.store. ■ The infant plaintiff was one of a family to which the upper rear apartment of the building had been let by defendants.

During the early morning of March 13, 1956, the plaintiff (aged 5 months) was found crying in his bed, in the apartment. His face, tongue, hands, feet and other parts of the body had been badly bitten by rats, one of which was seen departing* by plaintiff’s father as he…