Cox v. Rothenberg

This is an action of tort in which the plaintiff seeks to recover for damage to personal property by reason of negligence of the defendants in the maintenance of a roof of a building part of which the plaintiff occupied under a written lease from the defendants. The action was tried in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston. The judge after denying requests for rulings by the defendants found for the plaintiff and assessed damages. Upon request the judge reported the action to the Appellate Division of that court, which ordered the finding for the plaintiff vacated and judgment entered for…