Legal Opinion
Sneckner v. Feingold
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 28, 1943PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
This is an action of tort, brought by a mother living with a daughter who was the tenant of an apartment in an apartment house owned by the defendant, to recover for bodily injuries sustained on August 14, 1940, when the plaintiff fell because her heel caught in the brass edging or “nosing,” about an inch and a half wide, of the third step from the top of a common stairway provided for all the tenants. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, but under leave reserved (G. L. [Ter. Ed.] c. 231, § 120) the judge entered a verdict for the defendant, subject to the exception of the plaintiff…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Andrews v. WilliamsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Silver v. CushnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Domenicis v. FleisherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Wynn v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Coupe v. PlattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Doherty v. Town of BelmontMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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- McGeorge v. Grand Realty Trust, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Lowe v. National Shawmut BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Brown v. A. W. Perry Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
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