FERNANDES v. MEDEIROS


325 Mass. 293 (1950)

90 N.E.2d 9

FRANK FERNANDES vs. WILLIAM MEDEIROS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

February 7, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Walsh, (S.E. Bentley with him,) for the defendant.

J.T. Farrell, for the plaintiff.

Present: QUA, C.J., RONAN, WILKINS, SPALDING, & COUNIHAN, JJ.


COUNIHAN, J.

This is an action of tort by an invitee of a tenant against a landlord for negligence. The jury found for the plaintiff, and the action is here on the defendant's exception to the denial of a motion for a directed verdict.

The evidence most favorable to the plaintiff may be summarized as follows: The defendant on December 14, 1943, purchased a three family house in Fall River, the third floor of which was occupied by one Aguiar as a tenant at...

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