Halley v. Hugh Nawn, Inc.

In this action of tort the plaintiff wife seeks to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by her when she fell into a trench excavated by the defendant Hugh Nawn, Incorporated, for the defendant New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. She also seeks to recover damages from the defendant city of Revere. The plaintiff husband seeks consequential damages. The case was tried to a jury in the Superior Court. At the conclusion of the evidence the judge allowed motions for directed verdicts filed by the defendants. The case is here on the plaintiff’s exceptions to the allowance of…