Legal Opinion
Murray v. Lincoln
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 28, 1931PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
This is an action of tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, a tenant of the defendants, by falling on a common stairway on November 21, 1927. At the time of the accident the plaintiff was going down the stairway, holding a lighted lamp which she intended to place at the foot of the stairs, “as she had done each night.” The defendants’ motion for a directed verdict was denied.
The plaintiff testified that she came out of the first floor and down two steps; “on the third step . . . [she] caught on the nail and a piece of the wood come out of the stair and . . . [she] fell . . .…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- O'Malley v. Twenty-Five AssociatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Jennings v. TompkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Serota v. SalmansohnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Angevine v. HewitsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Solomon v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Sneckner v. FeingoldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Griffin v. RudnickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Shwartz v. FeinbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Chambers v. DurlingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Dreher v. Bedford Realty, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
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