Legal Opinion
Watwood v. Fosdick
California Supreme Court
Decided March 28, 1931No. Docket No. L.A. 10859PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLangdon, J.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries. Defendant was the owner of a two-story building containing four flats, two on the first floor and two on the second. There was a single entrance for all tenants and an inside stairway used in common by all tenants. Plaintiff rented a lower floor flat on February 20, 1926. On April 27, 1926, she visited an acquaintance on the upper floor and in returning slipped on the stairs and fell to the bottom, sustaining various injuries.
The evidence tended to show that she had caught her foot in the worn rubber covering of one of the steps and had…
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