Gregory v. Loder

Defendants appeal from a judgment recovered by the plaintiff by reason of injuries suffered when he fell down the cellar steps in defendants’ house while visiting them.

“It has been held that one who comes on premises by express invitation to enjoy hospitality as a guest of the owner or occupant, or a guest who enters merely to receive a gratuitous favor from the owner or occupant, has only the rights of a licensee and must take the property as he finds it.” 45 Corp. Jur. 794.

Mr. Justice Minturn, in writing the opinion of the Court of Errors and Appeals in the case of Morril v. Morril, 104 N.…