Dora L. Levine v. Dr. Harold H. Katz and Shannon & Luchs Company

PRETTYMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is a civil action for damages by reason of negligence. Appellant-plaintiff slipped on a small strawlike mat, lying without adhesive undercoating on a highly polished floor, while entering the lobby of a multi-family apartment house. In leasing, the landlord had reserved to his own control the halls and other parts, of the premises designed for the common use and convenience of all of the tenants. Plaintiff and her husband were on a visit to their grandchildren (granddaughter and husband), tenants in the apartment house. This was a customary Saturday…