Legal Opinion
Gill v. Jakstas
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 7, 1950PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCounihan, J.
This is an action of tort for alleged negligence of a landlord. On August 13, 1946, the plaintiff, then twenty-three months old, was injured as the result of a fall from a piazza in the rear of the second floor tenement of a three apartment dwelling house, of which his parents were tenants and the defendant the landlord. The jury found for the plaintiff but the judge entered a verdict for the defendant under leave reserved. The plaintiff and the defendant both bring exceptions: the plaintiff to the entry of the verdict for the defendant, and the defendant to the refusal of the judge to give…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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