Homsy v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

After the jury had returned a verdict for the plaiptiff, the judge, under leave reserved, entered a verdict for the defendant, and the correctness of this action is the only question for decision.

The plaintiff testified that she and several others comprising a church committee entered the premises of the defendant between seven and eight o’clock in the evening for the purpose of inspecting a hall which they contemplated hiring for a banquet. This inspection was "by appointment,” and the committee were accompanied by the defendant’s superintendent. In descending a flight of stairs the…