Vallen v. Cullen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries received when the plaintiff fell down a flight of stairs leading from the roof to the third floor of a tenement house in that part of Boston known as East Boston, which' was owned by the defendant’s intestate and in which the plaintiff was an occupant. Writ dated December 5, 1917<
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action to recover for personal injuries received by the plaintiff in falling down a flight of stairs which led from the roof to the third floor of a tenement house where she lived with her husband and family. The building was owned by the defendant and consisted of ten apartments and a store. The tenants had a right to use the roof for the purpose of drying clothes. It was reached from inside the building by means of a stairway to a pent house from which a door led directly to the closed area of the roof. Upon the elevated threshold of the doorway, there was a piece of zinc, and…
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