Rowan v. Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Action, of negligence for personal injuries. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence a nonsuit was ordered, and the plaintiff excepted. The evidence relating to the exception appears in the opinion. Transferred from the May term, 1919, of the superior court, by Allen, J.
1Opinion of the CourtPlummer, J.
The plaintiff was a tenant of the defendants, and had occupied the tenement some nine years when the defendants installed a bath-tub in it. This bath-tub, which was about four feet long and two feet wide, was set in a corner of the room, close up to the west and north walls and within an inch therefrom. In the west wall of the room, and directly over the tub was a large window. The evidence tended to prove that after the installation of the tub the defendants made and put in the tenement a wooden cover fifty-one inches long and twenty-seven inches wide, designed and intended to serve as a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Call v. HaunTennessee Supreme Court · 1850
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- Duteny v. Pennichuck Water Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1929
- Hoger v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1938