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HANNON v. HAYES-BICKFORD LUNCH SYSTEM, INC.

336 Mass. 268 (1957)

145 N.E.2d 191

GERARD V. HANNON vs. HAYES-BICKFORD LUNCH SYSTEM, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 3, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Brett, for the plaintiff.

Thomas H. Mahony, (George T. Padula with him,) for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., RONAN, SPALDING, WILLIAMS, COUNIHAN, WHITTEMORE, & CUTTER, JJ.

CUTTER, J.

This is an action of tort to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant "in inviting the plaintiff to use [a] stairway that was defective, dangerous and unsafe and in failing to warn invitees of the dangerous condition of said stairs."1 The answer contained a general denial and pleaded the defences of contributory negligence and assumption of risk (and another defence which need...

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