Jordan v. Sullivan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for injuries caused by the plaintiff stumbling over a step at the entrance of the staircase leading to Arcanum Hall in that part of Boston called Jamaica Plain, against the owner of the building, alleging faulty construction and insufficient lighting. Writ dated October 12, 1898. In the Superior Court Maynard, J. ordered a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
This is an action for damages caused by falling over a step at the entrance of a flight of stairs leading to a public ball owned by the defendant. The hall had been let for the installation of a new lodge of the New England Order of Protection. Whether the plaintiff came to the hall for her owm curiosity and convenience, as the plaintiffs did in Plummer v. Dill, 156 Mass. 426, and Coupe v. Platt, 172 Mass. 458, or as an invited guest is not plain ; but, in our opinion, that is not material. The hall was up one flight of stairs and ivas reached from the street by going through a vestibule to a…
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