Copeland v. Junkin

*531*530— The action is against the owner of a business house in the city of Fairfield, to recover for a personal *531injury received by plaintiff in stepping into an opening or area-way in the sidewalk at a cellar window of defendant’s building. The negligence charged is that the scuttle or cover or grating provided for said hole was negligently constructed and maintained by defendant, in that it was loose and was laid over said opening without being fastened down, and without any secure fastening of any kind provided, and could easily be removed by anyone.” It appears without dispute that the…