Lawton v. Vadenais

This action of trespass on the case for negligence was brought by a tenant against his landlords to recover damages for personal injuries sustained from a fall allegedly caused by a defective passageway in the yard outside the demised premises. It was tried before a justice of the superior court, a jury trial being waived, and resulted in a decision for the defendants. The case is. here on the plaintiff’s exception to that decision.

It appears that some three to four years prior to the accident plaintiff had rented a tenement in a two-family dwelling owned by defendants; that along the outside…