Third National Bank & Trust Co. v. Reiter Oldsmobile, Inc.

The judge directed a verdict for the defendant in this action of tort and contract for fire damage to a building caused by the negligence of the defendant tenant. The judge did not require the defendant to specify the reasons on which its motion for a directed verdict was based, but stated for the record that it was the judge’s opinion that the lessee was exempted from liability by a clause in the lease. It is therefore open to the defendant to support the ruling on another grouhd. Connors v. Wick, 317 Mass. 628, 630. McKinstry v. New York, N. H. & H. R.R. 338 Mass. 785. As the defendant…