PANAMA CANAL COMPANY v. WAGNER

No. 15581.

234 F.2d 163 (1956)

PANAMA CANAL COMPANY, Appellant, v. Marian WAGNER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 5, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis F. Sulley, Atty., David J. Markum, Panama Canal Co., Paul A. Bentz, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, Maurice M. Morton, Ancon, Canal Zone, for appellant.

Woodrow De Castro, Ancon, Canal Zone, for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RIVES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Appellee was a tenant in an apartment building owned by appellant,1 and the rear stairs of which were maintained by appellant for the common use of appellee and other tenants. They were made of concrete with a concrete "parapet" running along the outside on which the hand could be rested but too large to grasp. Several of the concrete steps were worn, broken, and jagged ...

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