Hubbard v. Palmer Russell Co.

This is an action of tort to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff when she fell into a stairwell of an apartment building controlled by the defendant. At the conclusion of the evidence, the defendant moved for a directed verdict which was denied. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff and the case is here on the defendant’s exception to the denial of its motion.

For a period of about two months prior to the accident the plaintiff spent several hours each day on the defendant’s premises receiving instructions in the operation of the building’s switchboard from the…