Legal Opinion
Russo v. Rizzo
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 31, 1939PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
When the plaintiff was six years old she went one evening with other members of her family to visit an aunt who occupied as a tenant an upper apartment in a house owned by the defendant. The visit ended, she started to go home and was proceeding down stairways which were used in common by her aunt and by tenants in other apartments in the building, and had reached the edge of the landing at the head of stairs leading from the second to the first floor, when she felt something loose under her foot, lost her balance, and fell.
In her action for damages in the Superior Court against the owner of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Comeau v. ComeauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Bennett v. Jordan Marsh Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Coupe v. PlattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Marquis v. John Nesmith Real Estate Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Shrigley v. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Sneckner v. FeingoldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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- Chambers v. DurlingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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