PAPAGNI v. PURDUE

No. 4014

321 P.2d 252 (1958)

Carlo PAPAGNI and Anna Papagni, husband and wife, Appellants, v. Albert H. PURDUE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada

February 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wanderer and Perry, of Las Vegas, for appellants.

McNamee & McNamee, Las Vegas, for respondent.


EATHER, Justice.

This is an appeal taken by the plaintiff below from summary judgment in favor of the defendant in an action for injuries resulting from negligence. The injuries resulted from a fall upon a stairway which, it was alleged, defendant had negligently failed to repair.

In support of the judgment defendant contends that the complaint of the plaintiff shows upon its face that plaintiff had either assumed the risk which the defective stairway created...

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