Legal Opinion
Berg v. Elder
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 30, 1935PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
The plaintiff was employed as a domestic servant by a tenant of the defendants’ testator. There was evidence that, while she was shaking mgs on a back veranda, she came in contact with the railing, which gave way, as a result of which she fell to the ground below and was injured. We assume in her favor that the jury could have found that the veranda and railing were parts of a common passageway provided by the landlord for the use of the tenants, and that he owed to tenants and their invitees the duty with respect to the condition of the railing which a landlord ordinarily owes under those…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Andrews v. WilliamsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Maionica v. PiscopoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Kirby v. TirrellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Oles v. DubinskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Crudo v. MiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Sneckner v. FeingoldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Chambers v. DurlingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Barre v. EpsteinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Fernandes v. MedeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Marion v. BrysonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
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