Rietzel v. Cary

These actions of trespass on the case for negligence were tried together before a justice of the superior court sitting without a jury and resulted in a decision for the plaintiff in each case. The defendant duly excepted to such decision and the cases are now in this court on these exceptions.

The causes of action arose out of an accident which happened to plaintiff Alice M. Rietzel, wife of plaintiff Charles W. Rietzel, while she was walking down an unlighted stairway in defendant’s apartment house in the city of Providence. Each brought an action against the defendant, but since the…