FALDEN v. GORDON


333 Mass. 135 (1955)

128 N.E.2d 778

ELIZABETH FALDEN vs. LEO GORDON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 19, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry J. Williams, (Patrick J. Murphy with him,) for the defendant.

Paul L. Keenan, (Benjamin Kaplan with him,) for the plaintiff.

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


QUA, C.J.

This is an action of tort by a tenant at will against her landlord to recover for personal injuries sustained on January 24, 1950, as the result of slipping on ice on the top step of an "exterior common stairway" leading down to the street from the entrance of a brick building in that part of Boston called Roxbury. The plaintiff rented one apartment in the building. A motion by the defendant for a directed verdict in his favor upon the pleadings and the...

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