Lioni v. Marr

This action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries comes here on the plaintiff’s exceptions to the direction of a verdict for the defendant and to a ruling on evidence. The original defendant, since deceased and now represented by her executors, will, for convenience, be called herein the defendant.

*18The jury could have found these facts: At the time of the accident the defendant was the owner of a building on the corner of St. Mary’s and Beacon streets in Brookline. In the rear of the building, and adjacent to the sidewalk on St. Mary’s Street, is a flight of twelve steps…