Brooks v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

This action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries was tried to a jury. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff, and the case now comes before us on the defendant’s exceptions to the denial of its motion for a directed verdict, to the judge’s refusal to give certain instructions to the jury, to the admission of certain evidence, and to the judge’s charge.

The evidence tended to show the following facts: On March 20, 1934, the plaintiff drove her automobile to premises owned and controlled by the defendant, on Massachusetts Avenue, in the city of Cambridge, intending to purchase…