Srochi v. Hightower

This was a suit in damages for alleged personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff. The petition alleged that the plaintiff was a tenant of one of the apartments in an apartment house owned by the defendant; that the front entrance to said house was reached from Cooper Street, and, in entering the house, it was necessary to step up several concrete steps from the sidewalk to a concrete landing, which was about ten feet from the edge of the steps to the front door of the apartment building; that the plaintiff had occupied, as a tenant, her apartment for several years prior to January 22,…