Lang v. Henderson

BOND, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for personal injuries and personal property damage to appellant Glenn Lang, Jr., and his wife Margaret Lang, resulting from a fire at a two-story, eight-unit apartment house owned, managed and controlled by appellee Corenne Henderson. In the apartment occupied by appellant and his wife was a coil-type automatic gas water heater to furnish hot water to each of the apartments in the building! It was the only water heater in the building, its use was common to all tenants, and under appellee’s control. Appellant and his wife occupied the premises from February…