White v. Beverly Building Ass'n
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries caused by falling down a flight- of stairs in a building owned by the defendant. The declaration was in two counts, which are described in the opinion. Writ dated August 3, 1909. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Hardy, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion.
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Tort for personal injuries caused by falling down a flight- of stairs in a building owned by the defendant. The declaration was in two counts, which are described in the opinion. Writ dated August 3, 1909. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Hardy, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence, the defendant asked the judge to rule as to each count of the declaration that on all of the evidence the plaintiff could not recover on that count, and to give the following rulings: “3. Upon all the evidence, the plaintiff was not in the exercise of…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
The plaintiff was injured by falling down a flight of stairs in a four-story building owned by the defendant and leased by it to various tenants. She was employed by the Blake-Alien Company, one of the defendant’s tenants, who occupied the fourth or top floor of the building.
1. The plaintiff brought an action against her employer, the Blake-Alien Company, to recover for the injuries so received by her, and subsequently brought this action against this defendant to recover for the same injuries.
While both actions were pending in the Superior Court an agreement for the following entry in the…
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