Bushfan v. Gluck

Exceptions overruled. There was evidence that the plaintiff on March 3, 1955, hired an apartment from the defendant. She observed a piano which had been abandoned in the apartment by a previous tenant. There was evidence also that the defendant had agreed to remove it. The plaintiff moved in on April 8, 1955. The piano had been partially dismantled; its front legs removed. It was leaning against the wall with the strings facing the room. On May 10, 1955, one of the plaintiff’s children, nineteen months of age, was *773crushed to death when the piano toppled over. The judge properly directed a…