PECKHAM v. CAPITOL SPRINGFIELD REALTY CO. INC.


331 Mass. 736 (1954)

122 N.E.2d 459

HOWARD CLARK PECKHAM vs. CAPITOL SPRINGFIELD REALTY CO., INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

November 18, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Sullivan, for the defendant.

James F. Egan, (Charles V. Ryan, Jr., with him,) for the plaintiff.

Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, WILKINS, WILLIAMS, & COUNIHAN, JJ.


LUMMUS, J.

The plaintiff obtained a verdict in this action of tort against his landlord to recover for personal injuries sustained by him on September 13, 1950, when he fell through the empty frame of the outside door of the defendant's apartment building in Springfield. The only exception of the defendant is to the denial of its motion for a directed verdict in its favor.

The evidence was substantially as follows. The door from the building to the sidewalk...

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