CAHALANE v. POUST


333 Mass. 689 (1956)

132 N.E.2d 660

ANNIE CAHALANE vs. SAMUEL POUST & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Gorfinkle, for the plaintiff.

Sturtevant Burr, for the defendants.

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


WHITTEMORE, J.

This action of tort for personal injury to the plaintiff by falling on steps of property owned by the defendants resulted in a verdict for the defendants. The plaintiff excepted to the judge's charge to the jury, in general, and specifically to the statements "Counsel know what they have to prove to get to the jury" and "Do you suppose anybody talked with them afterwards?" The exceptions to the charge must be sustained.

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