Little v. City of Holyoke

This is an action of tort for injuries suffered by the plaintiff in descending a flight of stairs. At the trial the defendant presented ten requests for instructions. In the argument before us it insists only upon the following, namely : 1. On all the evidence and the pleadings the plaintiff cannot recover, and the jury must find for the defendant. 2. There is no sufficient evidence that the plaintiff was in the exercise of-due care, and the plaintiff cannot recover. 3. There is no sufficient evidence that the defendant was negligent, and the plaintiff cannot recover.

It was agreed at the…