Ballou v. Jewett City Savings Bank

The plaintiff, a member of a fraternal organization which rented lodge rooms on the third floor of a commercial building owned by the defendant, brought this action to recover damages for injuries she suffered when she fell down an unlighted stairway. A verdict was rendered in her favor and the defendant has appealed from a denial of its motion to set the verdict aside and from the judgment.

There is no substantial dispute as to the facts. The plaintiff entered the building at about fifteen minutes before eight in the evening, went up the stairway to the second floor and proceeded along a…