Legal Opinion
Meserve v. Allen Storage Warehouse Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 26, 1963PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliamson, C. J.
This negligence case is before us on appeal from the direction of verdicts for the defendants at the close of the plaintiff’s case. Under the familiar rule we take the evidence with the reasonable inferences in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. Ward v. Merrill, 154 Me. 45, 141 A. (2nd) 438; Sweet v. Austin, 158 Me. 90, 179 A. (2nd) 302; Maine Rules Civil Procedure, Rule 50; Field & McKusick, Maine Civil Practice, § 50.1 et seq.
The plaintiff fell through an unguarded elevator shaft on premises in Portland owned by defendant Allen Storage Warehouse Co., Inc. (hereinafter called Allen)…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Parker v. Portland Publishing Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1879
- Benton v. WatsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Ward v. MerrillSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1958
- Dixon v. SwiftSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1903
- Curet v. HiernLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Foster v. LaPlanteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1968
- Dionne v. BlierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967