Maionica v. Piscopo
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on May 12, 1911, from the giving way of the railing of the platform of an iron stairway at the rear of a tenement house owned by the defendant, in which the plaintiff was a tenant under a lease from the defendant. Writ dated June 6, 1911. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Ailcen, C. J. The evidence is described in the opinion.
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Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on May 12, 1911, from the giving way of the railing of the platform of an iron stairway at the rear of a tenement house owned by the defendant, in which the plaintiff was a tenant under a lease from the defendant. Writ dated June 6, 1911. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Ailcen, C. J. The evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence the defendant asked the Chief Justice to make the following rulings, besides others that were made by him: “1. Upon all the evidence the plaintiff is not entitled to re-'…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The defendant was the owner of a five story
building containing sixteen tenements, situated on the corner of Moon and Fleet Streets in Boston; and the plaintiff had been a tenant therein for nine years at the time of the accident. From the front entrance on the street there ran a practically straight hallway to the rear door, where there was an iron platform with iron steps descending therefrom into the back yard. The platform and steps were attached to the wall of the building, and the outer side of each was guarded by an iron railing or fence. On May 12, 1911, as the plaintiff stepped from…
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