Ryan v. Boston Housing Authority

This is an action of tort by Letitia Ryan, a tenant under a written lease, to recover for personal injuries received on the leased premises by the fall of a leg qf a sink which the defendant lessor is alleged to have repaired negligently. There is a count for medical expenses *300by her husband. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 6A, as inserted by St. 1939, c. 372, § 1. After verdicts for the plaintiffs the judge entered verdicts for the defendant under leave reserved. The only question is whether the evidence warranted verdicts for the plaintiffs.

There seems to have been no dispute as to the facts. On…