Crone v. Jordan Marsh Co.

This is an action of tort for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff by reason of a fall in the defendant’s store, caused by the defendant’s negligence. The case was tried by a judge and a jury. *290The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The judge then with the assent of the jury ordered the entry of a verdict for the defendant and the plaintiff excepted. The judge reported the case on the terms that if he “was wrong in the direction of the verdict for the defendant, judgment is to be entered for the plaintiff in the amount of .verdict and costs, otherwise the…