Case Name: KELLEY v. DAVIES
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1924-09-29
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 774
Docket Number: No. 5242
Parties: KELLEY v. DAVIES
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 774–774

Head Matter:
No. 811
KELLEY v. DAVIES
Ohio Appeals, 8th Dist., Cuyahoga County
No. 5242.
Decided Sept. 29, 1924
703. LANDLORD AND TENANT — 1. Failure; to aver and prove that a landlord reserved control of a back porch of an apartment building precludes recovery for injuries caus.ed by a defective railing on such porch.
2. Averment that such back porch was used in common by tenants fails to connect the landlord as a party to such use.
Attorneys — T. J. Ross, Esq., for Kelley; Sanborn, McConnell & Rich, for Davies.

Opinion:
SULLIVAN, J.
Epitomized Opinion
Published Only In Ohio Daw Abstract
An action was brought in Cuyahoga Common Pleas by the father of an infant of two years injured by a defective railing of back porch in a ten-suit apartment. The third amended petition upon which trial was had was attacked by demurrer on the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. A judgment for $8,000 was rendered. Reversing the trial court, the Court of Appeals held:
1. Failure to aver and prove that the landlord reserved the control of the back porch of an apartment building precludes recovery for an accident caused by a defective railing1 on such porch.
2. Averment that the back porch of an apartment building was used in common by tenants does not connect the landlord as a party thereto.