Zane v. Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co.

Action of tort for personal injuries in which the trial judge found for the plaintiff. The injury alleged came from a fall caused by a slippery condition of the floor in the defendant’s place of business.

The fundamental issue in the case is whether there was sufficient evidence to warrant a finding that the presence of the substance upon which the plaintiff slipped was in any way due to negligence on the part of the defendant. The *479trial judge found that the substance was a surplus accumulation of floor wax for which the defendant was responsible. The report states that it contains all the…