Hacker v. Nitschke

In this action for personal injuries the sole question is whether there was any evidence to warrant the verdict of the jury for the plaintiff.

The defendant, the owner of a newly completed cottage at Salisbury Beach, rented it, furnished, to the plaintiff for *755a period of four weeks beginning July 1, 1938. Among the furnishings was a movable framework containing an upper and a lower berth. Access to the upper berth could be had by means of a movable wooden ladder, also furnished by the defendant. The ladder consisted of two stringers supporting five steps. There seems to have been no dispute…