OLSEN v. PORTLAND WATER DIST.


107 A.2d 480 (1954)

OLSEN v. PORTLAND WATER DIST.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

June 24, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Hinckley, Portland, for plaintiff.

Verrill, Dana, Walker, Philbrick & Whitehouse, Portland, for defendant.

Before FELLOWS, C. J., and WILLIAMSON, TIRRELL, WEBBER, BELIVEAU and TAPLEY, JJ.


FELLOWS, Chief Justice.

This is an action for alleged negligence brought by Elizabeth M. Olsen to recover for injuries sustained, as she claims, when she stepped backwards against a manhole cover owned by the Portland Water District. At the close of the evidence the Justice presiding in the Superior Court for Cumberland County directed a verdict for the defendant. The case comes to the Law Court on the plaintiff's exceptions.

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