Miller v. Vance Lumber Co.

The plaintiffs, Miller and wife, commenced this action in the superior court for King county seeking recovery for personal injuries suffered by Mrs. Miller, claimed as the result of the negligence of the defendant lumber company in its failure to make safe the plaster of the ceiling of the bathroom of the apartment occupied by them as tenants of the lumber company in its apartment house. A trial upon the merits in that court, sitting with a jury, resulted in verdict and judgment awarding to Miller and wife recovery against the lumber company in the sum of $750, from which it has appealed to…