Thomas v. Lane
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on the evening of September 8, 1912, in the manner and under the circumstances described in the opinion by reason of the giving way of a hand rail at the side of the front steps of the house numbered 33% on Inman Street in Cambridge belonging to the defendant.
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Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on the evening of September 8, 1912, in the manner and under the circumstances described in the opinion by reason of the giving way of a hand rail at the side of the front steps of the house numbered 33% on Inman Street in Cambridge belonging to the defendant. Writ dated September 30, 1912. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Brown, J., who at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, which is described in the opinion, ordered a verdict for the defendant and with the assent of the parties reported the case for determination by…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
The plaintiff in this action was walking on In-man Street in Cambridge during the evening of September 8,1912. As he passed the house numbered 33% on that street, one Eisenhauer, who was sitting on the front stoop, invited him to come up and sit down a while. Thereupon the plaintiff went up to the top of the front steps, some eight in number, shook hands with Eisenhauer and put his hand upon a hand rail at the side of the steps. The hand rail gave way and the plaintiff fell to the ground with *448it. The plaintiff’s wrist was broken and this action was brought by him against Eisenhauer’s landlord…
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