Hart v. Cole
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiff by falling from the front steps leading into two houses in Boston belonging to the defendant. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Barker, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The nature of the evidence appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
This case presents for consideration important questions which have never been decided in this Commonwealth. The defendant was a tenant for life of a building consisting of several tenements, which she let to different tenants, who used the outside steps in common as a means of access to their tenements. These steps were in the possession of the defendant, and it was her duty to keep them in a reasonably safe condition for the use of her tenants, and of other persons who were using them by her invitation, express or implied. There was evidence tending to show that the plaintiff, while coming…
2Cited by31 opinions
- Massaletti v. FitzroyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Comeau v. ComeauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Cook v. ColeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- West v. PoorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Commonwealth v. RichardsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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