Anderson v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Moutgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. Gaston Guntek. Action by Margaret Anderson against John J. Robinson for damages for personal injuries on account of a defect in the flooring of a store rented by defendant to plaintiff’s husband. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Moutgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. Gaston Guntek. Action by Margaret Anderson against John J. Robinson for damages for personal injuries on account of a defect in the flooring of a store rented by defendant to plaintiff’s husband. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The facts made by the pleadings are: That defendant hgcl rented to the husband of plaintiff a certain store in the city for the year beginning October 1, 1911, and ending October 1, 1912, and that during that year plaintiff was employed by her husband in-the sale of goods in said store. The lease was…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
In the cáse of Morgan v. Sheppard, 156 Ala. 408, 47 South. 147, this court by the present writer, discussed the obligation and liability between landlord and tenant, their duties and liability to each other as well as to third persons, and it was there stated, among other things, in speaking of the liability of a landlord for injuries caused by defects in the premises to the tenant, his family, servants, or guests, as distinguished from third persons: “The rule, however, of the liability of the landlord for renting premises in such a dangerous condition as to constitute a nuisance, does not…
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- Tuttle v. George H. Gilbert Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
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- Bessierre v. Ala. City G. & A. R. R.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1912
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