Crea v. Stunzenas

This is an action of tort to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, a tenant of the first floor of a building owned by the defendants, when she fell upon an outside stairway platform. A verdict was returned, for the plaintiff and the case is here on the defendants’ exception to the denial of their motion for a directed verdict.

The defendants agreed that they were the owners of the premises in question on the date of the accident; that the plaintiff was a tenant; that the defendants were in control of the common stairways and passageways; and “that the plaintiff sent…