Hutchins v. Pick

WESTERFIELD, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying to a tenant recovery as against the owners of the leased premises in an action for ■ damages due to physical injuries alleged to have been sustained because of a defect in the premises.

The petition alleges that as plaintiff was attempting to descend the front steps -of her residence the shutter door fell from its hinges and struck her on the right arm, fracturing it just above the wrist. She alleges that the accident was due solely “to the decayed condition of the hinges and screws which were holding the shutter in the casing of the…