SPACK v. LONGWOOD APARTMENTS, INC.


338 Mass. 518 (1959)

155 N.E.2d 873

ELEANOR SPACK vs. LONGWOOD APARTMENTS, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

February 5, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter J. Hurley, for the plaintiff.

Edward F. Hennessey, for the defendant.

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


SPALDING, J.

The plaintiff, a daughter of a tenant of the defendant, was injured on March 8, 1955, as a result of a fall on a patch of ice on the sidewalk in front of steps leading to an apartment house owned by the defendant. The ice was on a "patch area" which was about an inch below the macadam on the sidewalk and was contiguous to the steps. The apartment occupied by the plaintiff's father (hereinafter called Spack) was one of thirty-six apartments. A walk ran...

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