Horwitz v. Franklin

These two causes come into this court upon petitions in error to the common pleas court of Cuyahoga county, and the subject-matter of the action is the same in both cases, which originally grew; out of an accident that happened when Helen Franklin, one of the plaintiffs below, was thrown through the floor of the attic between the 2x4 timbers and through the ceiling of the living room below, by reason of her stepping backward upon a portion of the attic floor not covered by wooden flooring, as she was cleaning the clothes line in the attic.

After the accident to Mrs. Franklin the husband and…