MERWIN v. DE RAPTELLIS


338 Mass. 118 (1958)

153 N.E.2d 893

EVELYN MERWIN vs. JAMES De RAPTELLIS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

November 18, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philander S. Ratzkoff, for the defendant.

Albert R. Mezoff, for the plaintiff.

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


RONAN, J.

The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while descending a common stairway in an apartment house owned and maintained by the defendant. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff and the case is here upon the defendant's exceptions to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict for him and to the refusal of the judge to enter a verdict for him under leave reserved.

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