Blanchard v. Stone's Inc.

The plaintiff fell upon the sidewalk of Union Street in Rockland, late in the afternoon of January 29, 1935, in front of a store conducted by the defendant in the first case, which was located upon the street floor of a building owned by the defendant in the second case. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff against each defendant, and in accordance with leave reserved the judge, subject to the plaintiff’s exceptions, ordered a verdict to be entered for each defendant.

The jury could find that the plaintiff slipped upon a round, dark patch of ice two feet in width, located in about the…