Bloustein v. Shindler
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort, the second action being for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff and caused by a defective condition of a stairway used in common by the tenants in a house of the defendant where the plaintiff and her husband lived, and the first action being by the husband of the plaintiffs in the second action for consequential damages.
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Two actions of tort, the second action being for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff and caused by a defective condition of a stairway used in common by the tenants in a house of the defendant where the plaintiff and her husband lived, and the first action being by the husband of the plaintiffs in the second action for consequential damages. Writs dated May 16, 1916. In the Superior Court, the actions were tried together before Hall, J. The material evidence and exceptions saved by the plaintiffs are described in the opinion. There was a verdict for the defendant;…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
These are actions of tort, brought by a wife and her husband, to recover direct and consequential damages resulting to the plaintiffs from injuries sustained by the wife by reason of an alleged defective condition of a stairway on the premises of the defendant, used by the plaintiffs as tenants of the defendant in common with other tenants. There was evidence which would warrant the jury in finding for the plaintiffs. The only question now presented is whether the defendant on the facts in evidence, under R. L. c. 175, § 24, had the right to prove that a witness called by her had made…
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