Shepstedt v. Hayes

Youngdahl, Justice.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff as a result of a fall caused by an obstruction maintained by defendants on the sidewalk abutting a building owned by defendant Hayes, part of which was leased by defendant Houle. The case was tried to a jury, which relieved defendant Houle of liability, but returned a verdict against defendant Hayes in the sum of $2,000. From an order denying the alternative motion of defendant Hayes for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial, she appeals.

Since 1913, defendant Hayes (hereinafter…