Pomfret v. Fletcher

This is an action of trespass on the case by a tenant, Marion Pomfret, against her landlords, Ronald L. and Margaret F. Fletcher, husband and wife, for negligence in permitting a dangerous condition on a common walk of the rented premises to exist due to ice and snow. The case was tried to a justice of the superior court without a jury and resulted in a decision for the plaintiff. The defendants duly excepted thereto' and have brought the case here by their bill of exceptions to such decision and to certain evidentiary rulings.

The plaintiff fell on the common walk which ran along the side of…