Plume v. Couillard

The first issue which we shall consider is whether the defendants’ motions for a nonsuit and directed verdict should have been granted.

Considering the evidence most favorable to the plaintiff and drawing all reasonable inferences therefrom (Leonard v. Manchester, 96 N. H. 115, 117), the record shows that the jury could have found the following facts:

The plaintiff was a tenant of the defendants and on the night of October 3, 1957, between 7 and 7:30 P.M., while descending a common stairway controlled by the defendants and maintained by them for the use of their tenants, he fell because of a…