Hinthorn v. Benfer

Citations

• 90 Kan. 731
• 136 P. 247
• 1913 Kan. LEXIS 297

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Landlord and Tenant — Defective Stainvay — Personal Injuries — Duty of Landlord. A narrow porch or landing of an outside stairway used and intended for the use of different tenants of a building, and connected with a common hallway, is part of the stairway itself and necessarily in the possession and control of the landlord; and he is bound to exercise reasonable care to render it safe for the use which he invites others to make of it. .</p> <p>2. - Same. Whether the landlord in this case was guilty of negligence in failing to discover the defective condition of the landing was a question of fact for the jury, and it was error to sustain a demurrer to the evidence.</p>