Watterlund v. Billings

This is an action in tort to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the acts of the defendants’ employees. The verdict and judgment were for the plaintiff and the cause is here on the defendants’ exceptions.

The first of these concerns the denial of a motion for a directed verdict, made upon the grounds that the evidence failed to show actionable negligence on the part of either or both of the defendants, that it conclusively appeared that the plaintiff was eontributorily negligent, and that she assumed the risk of injury.

Taking the evidence in the most favorable light…