Kimball v. Breton

These companion cases arise upon exceptions by the defendant to the denial by the presiding justice of her motions for directed verdicts, made at the close of the evidence. The jury rendered verdicts for both plaintiffs.

In one instance, the plaintiff and wife sues the defendant for personal injuries received by her and ascribed to the defendant’s negligence. In the other, the husband seeks to recover damages from the defendant for losses consequential to him from a tort to his wife.

The plaintiffs pleaded in gist that the defendant owned and controlled a three story tenement house occupied by…