Legal Opinion
McGeorge v. Grand Realty Trust, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 5, 1944PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
This is an action of tort by a tenant in an apartment house against her landlord for personal injuries sustained from a fall on an unnatural accumulation of ice on the steps of a common entrance to the building due to alleged negligent maintenance of a gutter. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff.
1. One of the defendant’s exceptions was to the denial of a motion to direct a verdict in its favor. This ruling was right. On the evidence most favorable to the plaintiff the following could have been found: The building contained four apartments, and in May, 1937, the plaintiff became a…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Commonwealth v. SpencerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Commonwealth v. RetkovitzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Commonwealth v. O'RourkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Silver v. CushnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BarnettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Grady v. Collins Transportation Co. Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- Horowitz v. BokronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- Irving v. Goodimate Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Commonwealth v. DoyleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
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