Legal Opinion
Potter v. Dunphy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 26, 1937PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
The plaintiff lived with her father in a third floor tenement hired by him in October, 1930, as tenant at will of the defendant. At the time of the letting, the treads of the common stairway in the control of the defendant were covered by rubber mats, nearly a year old, about one eighth of an inch thick, nailed at the back of the treads near the riser, and so moulded and thickened at the front that they fitted over the front of the treads and remained in place without being fastened.
As time went on, the mats curled at the front, ceased to fit over the front of the treads, and tended to curl…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Crowe v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Moore v. Town of AmesburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
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3Cited by6 opinions
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