Anna S. Anderson, appellee, v. Ella M. Banta, appellant.

Gen. No. 24,556.

Action against a landlord to recover for personal injuries sustained by a tenant through the breaking of a step in a common stairway. Judgment for plaintiff for $500. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oscar M. Torrison, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1918.

Affirmed.

Opinion filed January 27, 1919.

Rehearing denied February 10, 1919.

Ashcraft & Ashcraft, for appellant; E. M. Ashcraft, of counsel. John A. Swanson and Walter A. Brendecke, for appellee.

Mr. Presiding Justice Dever

delivered the opinion of the court.