Greene v. Brooks
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort, the first being for personal injuries alleged to have been received when the plaintiff was engaged by the day doing laundry work for the defendant and caused by a defective condition of a step leading from the defendant’s kitchen to the laundry. In the second action, the husband of the plaintiff in the first action sought consequential damages.
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Two actions of tort, the first being for personal injuries alleged to have been received when the plaintiff was engaged by the day doing laundry work for the defendant and caused by a defective condition of a step leading from the defendant’s kitchen to the laundry. In the second action, the husband of the plaintiff in the first action sought consequential damages. Writs dated July 21, 1916, and September 16, 1916. In the Superior Court the actions were tried together before McLaughlin, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence, on motion of the…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
These are actions of tort to recover for injuries directly and consequentially sustained by Elizabeth Greene and her husband, George H. Greene, by reason of a fall of Elizabeth, which was caused by the alleged defective and unsafe-condition of a stairway leading from the kitchen to the laundry in a house owned by the defendant. At the close of the evidence, on motion, a verdict was ordered for the defendant in each case; and the cases are before this court on the exceptions taken thereto -by the plaintiffs.
*549In support of the actions, the material facts stated in the bill of exceptions are that…
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