Connolly v. Boston Garden-Arena Corp.

This is an action to recover for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff when he picked up a splinter as he took hold of a bannister on a stairway in the North Station, Boston, leading to the east lobby of the Boston Garden (the Garden) located *99above the Station. The .cause is described in the trial judge’s report as “sounding in tort for negligence in maintenance of a handrailing and in contract for breach of an implied contract to keep the premises in safe repair.” There was a general finding for the plaintiff. No clue is given by the report as to whether the trial judge based his…