Leavitt v. Williams
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Action on the case for alleged negligence on the part of the defendants as owners in common of a building, part of which was occupied by the plaintiff. Defendants filed plea of general issue. At close of testimony, by agreement of parties case was reported to Law Court upon so much of evidence as legally admissible, the Law Court to assess damages if the defendants were liable. Judgment for defendants. Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
This case comes up on a report of the evidence which shows the following facts: August 25, 1915, the defendants were owners in common of a three story building on Main Street in Bangor. A. Langdon Freese leased the first or street floor, and the plaintiff, holding under Mr. Freese as a tenant at will, occupied one of the stores on that floor as a millinery store. Several tenants had offices or rooms in the second and third stories of the building. In an alcove of the hallway on the second floor, under the stairs leading up to the third floor, an iron sink was set with an ordinary three…
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