Hunter v. G. W. H. W. Realty Co.

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries claimed to have been sustained by the infant plaintiff through slipping on an exterior stairway used in common by two multiple dwellings. The wings of the adjacent houses abutted on the street and between them there was a recessed entrance consisting of five steps leading to a platform and five more steps leading to another platform at the entrance. It was claimed that the defendant-appellant had caused or permitted water to accumulate on the middle platform which made it slippery and dangerous to persons using it. The infant…