Manna v. Diebold Inc.

The plaintiff obtained a verdict in her action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by her when she fell crossing Main Street, Worcester, near the Worcester County Trust Company where at least one truck was standing within a roped off enclosure. The bill of exceptions presents the question whether the trial judge correctly denied the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict.

There was evidence from which it could have been found that the plaintiff slipped on a piece of rope “brown and . . . about % inch thick” similar to the rope used to mark off *755the enclosure. The testimony…