Sanford v. Belemyessi

This is an action of tort brought by Elsie Sanford (the plaintiff) and her husband to recover for personal injuries and consequential damages sustained when the plaintiff fell on a rear porch of a dwelling owned by the defendant. Jury verdicts in favor of the plaintiffs were set aside by the judge on the defendant’s motion for entry of verdicts under leave reserved. The case is before us on the plaintiffs’ exception to the judge’s ruling.

The sole issue raised here is whether there was sufficient evidence to permit the jury to find that the area in which the plaintiff fell was under the…