Sjostedt v. Webster

The plaintiff was injured by falling from a step-ladder she was using while cleaning the walls of a room in the summer residence of the defendant, her employer, at Holderness, New Hampshire, which she, with others, was preparing for occupancy by the defendant. She excepted to the granting, under leave reserved, of the defendant’s motion for the entry of verdict for him after the jury had returned a verdict in her favor upon a count in her declaration alleging that the defendant had negligently failed to furnish her with suitable appliances and tools for the performance of her duties.

There was…