Clarke v. Ames

This is an action of tort brought by the lessee of an office in a building on Boylston Street, Boston, against the lessors for personal injuries received by the plaintiff by reason of the "negligent operation by an employee of the defendants of an elevator in said building in which the plaintiff was a passenger. The case was tried by a judge of the Superior Court without a jury who found the facts, including the fact that the plaintiff, while in the exercise of due care, received injuries due to the negligence of the defendants’ agent and servant, and ruled as matter of law that the plaintiff…