Burton v. Rothschild

WESTHUES, C.

This is a damage suit in which plaintiff asks judgment in the sum of $15,000.00 for personal injuries sustained as a result of a fall on a stairway of defendant’s apartment building. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the petition and plaintiff appealed.

The facts,'as alleged in the petition, briefly stated are: Defendant Rothschild was the owner of an apartment building three stories in height containing six apartments. A stairway in the center of the building leading to the second and third floors was the only means of ingress and egress. At the second floor there was a…