McNeill v. Home Savings Bank

The plaintiff finished her day’s work a little before six o’clock on the afternoon of February 27, 1940, at her employer’s place of business, located in the defendant’s building which was set back thirty to forty feet from the southerly line of Beacon Street, in Boston. She was proceeding over this setback area on her way to the street along a path that had been cleared of snow by the defendant’s janitor when she slipped and fell upon ice, formed from water that had collected in a depression. She had a verdict on a count alleging negligence on the part of the defendant. The defendant excepted…