Legal Opinion

Trainor v. Keane

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 29, 1939PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.

The plaintiff, wife of a tenant at will of the defendants, was injured by the breaking of a piazza railing which was a part of the tenement she occupied with her husband and their family. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, but the trial judge, in accordance with leave reserved, granted, subject to the plaintiff’s exception, the motion of the defendants to enter a verdict for them.

The plaintiff alleged that the defendants agreed at the time of the letting to maintain the tenement “in a safe and sound condition for the tenant’s use,” and contends that there was evidence in support…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Fiorntino v. MasonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
  2. Miles v. JanvrinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  3. Miles v. JanvrinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  4. Crowe v. BixbyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
  5. Chelefou v. Springfield Institution for SavingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Banaghan v. DeweyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
  2. Ryerson v. Fall River Philanthropic Burial SocietyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  3. Bailey v. First Realty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  4. Blood v. DeweyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  5. Collins v. HumphreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943

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