Paul v. Desrosiers

Exceptions overruled. There was no error in entering a verdict for the defendant under leave reserved. The jury could have found that the plaintiff’s fall resulted from the absence of a string to operate the light fixture over the second floor landing in a house owned by the defendant in which the plaintiff occupied the third floor apartment. There was no evidence of an express undertaking to light the common stairway. The jury could also have found that a string had been in place when the plaintiff’s tenancy began, that from time to time the string was pulled off and thereafter replaced…