Carney v. Conveyancers Title Insurance & Mortgage Co.

This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries as a result of a fall on a common stairway in the rear of a building alleged to have been owned and controlled by the defendant. The case was tried to a jury, and at the close of the evidence the judge allowed the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, subject to the plaintiff’s exception.

The evidence tended to show the following facts. On the evening of July 16, 1933, the plaintiff visited his brother, John Carney, who lived on the second floor of a six family house which was located in Dorchester. He entered by the…