Legal Opinion
Rathgeber v. Kelley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 10, 1938PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDolan, J.
This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained as a result of a fall, caused by a defective condition of the linoleum covering *445on the floor of a service kitchen in the defendant’s premises, which were used by her as an inn or lodging house. The case was heard by a judge of the Superior Court sitting without a jury. He found that the plaintiff was only a licensee while in said kitchen, and found for the defendant. It was admitted that the defendant was in control of the premises and that the plaintiff was a paying guest of the defendant. The evidence,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Gill v. MiddletonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Bergeron v. ForestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Mahoney v. NorcrossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Slocum v. Natural Products Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Bell v. SiegelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Charles I. Hosmer, Inc. v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Sullivan v. Municipal Court of the Roxbury DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Old Colony Railroad v. Assessors of QuincyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Anderson v. DeVriesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Connors v. WickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
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