Legal Opinion
Orcutt v. Signouin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 17, 1939PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for personal injuries received by her as the result of the breaking of a portion of a step or platform which provided an entrance to a store, conducted by one Fatticanti, in a building owned by the defendant. The plaintiff had made a purchase in the store and was on her way to the street when the overhanging edge of the step or platform broke and she fell upon the sidewalk.
The case was tried before the judge of a district court. He found for the plaintiff and reported to the Appellate Division his “rulings and refusals to rule as requested” by the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hill v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Roberts v. Lynn Ice Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Commonwealth v. HullMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Mericantante v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Horneman v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Colbert v. RickerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Willett v. PilotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
- Richards v. GilbertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- Prime Business Co. v. DrinkwaterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
- Kelleher v. FarrellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
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