Montgomery v. Engel

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• negligence action proper for breach of duty created by ordinance requiring landlord to install handrail on stairway
• Improper for court to direct verdict where evidence showed owner and tenant had joint control over stairway where injury occurred and owner failed to comply with minimum housing ordinance requiring a handrail

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).