Stefani v. Freshman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained by the.plaintiff on December 29, 1914, by slipping and falling on an accumulation of ice and snow on the sidewalk of Etna Street at the corner of North Beacon Street in the part of Boston called Brighton, caused by negligence of the defendant, who was in control of the adjoining building.
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Tort for personal injuries sustained by the.plaintiff on December 29, 1914, by slipping and falling on an accumulation of ice and snow on the sidewalk of Etna Street at the corner of North Beacon Street in the part of Boston called Brighton, caused by negligence of the defendant, who was in control of the adjoining building. Writ dated January 25, 1916. In the Superior Court the case was tried before White, J., at the same time with another case against Chase Langmaid, the owner of the building. The plaintiff offered evidence tending to prove that the accident occurred on December 29, 1914,…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The action is tort to recover damages for personal injuries caused by a ridge of ice on the sidewalk of a public way on which the plaintiff while a traveller slipped and fell. The jury having returned a verdict for her, the case is here on the defendant’s exceptions to the admission of evidence, and to the refusal of the presiding judge to rule that the action could not be maintained.
The evidence warranted a finding, that the accumulation of ice was caused by the freezing of water dripping from a wooden canopy or hood which projected over the sidewalk and formed part of a building abutting on…
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