Duffin v. Dawson
Duffin v. Dawson
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff was injured by the tilting of a cellar door on which she stepped from the pavement to look into a store window. The building was in possession of a tenant; the action was against the owners. The door slid in grooves at its sides, instead of swinging on hinges, and this peculiarity of construction made it more difficult to open and close, and as the grooves became worn it was more liable to get out of place if not properly closed. But neither the manner of construction of the door nor any defects caused by its use made the door unsafe if care was taken in closing it. The affirmative evidence pro
The judgment is affirmed.
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- Negligence—Cellar door in pavement—Tenant—Owner. Where a person is injured by the tilting of a cellar door in a pavement, and it appears that the accident was caused because the door had not been properly closed, and not because of any defect in the construction of the door, the remedy is against the tenant in possession and not against the owner.