Baldwin v. Williams

This is an action of tort for personal injuries. It was submitted to a jury who returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Under leave reserved the judge entered a verdict for the defendant. The exception of the plaintiff to that entry presents the only question in this case.

The plaintiff was injured by a fall alleged to have been caused by a defect in the floor of a common vestibule at the entrance of the building 250 Boylston Street, Boston, on April 27, 1946. She was a business invitee of one Salania, doing business as the Milltex Hosiery, who occupied a store on the first floor of the…