Zanes v. Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co.

On the morning of June 13, 1936, the plaintiff entered the place of business of the defendant in Everett, for the purpose of paying a bill. She slipped on the floor and was hurt. There was evidence that what she slipped on was a greasy substance on the linoleum floor, making a spot ten or twelve inches in diameter, which was dirty and grimy and was described as looking “like an old grease spot.” After she had slipped her heel mark “showed light,” indicating that the dirt in the “dirty” spot was on the surface. Besides, there was direct evidence that “there was dirt over the spot.”

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