Legal Opinion
Leslie v. Glazer
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 25, 1930PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action of tort to recover for personal injuries received by the plaintiff by falling down a flight of stairs in the common hallway of an apartment house under the control of the defendant. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the trial judge directed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant. To this direction the plaintiff excepted.
The plaintiff testified that on October 26, 1927, she visited a friend who was a tenant in an apartment on the third floor of the building; that after leaving that apartment and while descending to the first floor, something caught her foot on…
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- Serota v. SalmansohnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
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