Phillips v. RAY-JEAN INCORPORATED

Stripping the allegations of the petition down to their barest essentials, only two grounds of negligence upon which the plaintiff seeks to hold the defendant liable are alleged, namely: in failing to provide a light for the walkway in question, and in permitting the toy wagon to be placed upon the walkway or in allowing it to remain there during the night when it could not be seen by persons rightfully using the walkway. That there is no duty on the part of the landlord to maintain lights or to illuminate passageways in the absence of contractual obligation to do so or of statute, seems to…