Jones v. Hotchkiss

VALLÉE, J.

Appeal by plaintiffs from a judgment of nonsuit in an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff Julia Jones when she slipped and fell on the floor of the service porch in defendants’ residence.

The complaint alleged that plaintiff Julia Jones was employed by defendants as a day houseworker on their premises; defendants “placed and permitted to remain thereupon sawdust and/or other foreign substances which maintained a dangerous condition” on the premises; as a proximate result plaintiff slipped and fell while in the performance of her duties.

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