HUBBARD v. PALMER RUSSELL CO.


343 Mass. 414 (1961)

178 N.E.2d 869

HARRIET HUBBARD vs. PALMER RUSSELL CO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 28, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Cornell, for the defendant.

Joseph Graglia, for the plaintiff.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., WILLIAMS, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, & SPIEGEL, JJ.


SPIEGEL, J.

This is an action of tort to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff when she fell into a stairwell of an apartment building controlled by the defendant. At the conclusion of the evidence, the defendant moved for a directed verdict which was denied. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff and the case is here on the defendant's exception to the denial of its motion.

For a period of about two months prior to the accident the...

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