Dillon v. Weinberg

Plaintiff sued the defendants, husband and wife, for injuries alleged to have been sustained by her while a tenant of the defendants, occasioned by her being caused to fall head-long from cellar steps which had been allowed to become “loose and wobbly.” Plaintiff recovered a judgment against both of the defendants in the sum of $900. Defendants in due course appeal.

Plaintiff and her husband occupied the first floor of a two story two family flat, the second, floor tenant, tog-ether with plaintiff and her husband, having joint use of the basement together with the stairway leading thereto.

Accor…