DUCEY v. SPRINGFIELD CO-OPERATIVE BANK


341 Mass. 449 (1960)

170 N.E.2d 356

YOLANDA L. DUCEY vs. SPRINGFIELD CO-OPERATIVE BANK.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

November 18, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Goggin, for the plaintiff.

Charles M. Healey, III, for the defendant.

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


WHITTEMORE, J.

The defendant, as the trial judge found, contracted that the corridor floors of its business building in Springfield be washed by an independent contractor "after the ordinary business hours ... understood by the parties to be not before 5:30 P.M.," but agreed with tenants that they might keep evening office hours. The defendant knew that cleaning was usually done between 5:30 P.M. and 7 P.M. The plaintiff's injuries resulted from falling on the second...

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