Pinney v. Hall

This is an action to recover for personal injuries caused by falling down a flight of stairs for which the defendant was responsible. The judge below directed a verdict for the defendant, on the following facts. The plaintiff was leaving am office in the defendant’s building, and was “ carefully reaching to-take the post and stair rail to guide herself down the stairs, and stepping forward to do so, [when] she suddenly fell down and upon said stairs.” The head of the flight of stairs cut into the width of the entry nineteen inches, and the approach to the stairs on the side was open for these…