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- Title: Colbert v. Ricker
- Author : Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
- Release Date : January 02, 1943
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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RONAN, Justice. The plaintiff, the owner of a house in Somerville which was in need of repairs, telephoned on Sunday noon to her daughter, the defendant, who was married and lived in Arlington with her husband, one Ricker, a general contractor, and inquired of her daughter if she could see him in regard to making repairs on her house. The defendant, after talking with Ricker, told the plaintiff to come over and that Ricker would see her. The plaintiff arrived at the home of her daughter and, after talking to her a few minutes, she then conferred with Ricker with reference to the conditions of various parts of her property that she wished to have attended to by him. He suggested that he drive her home and look over the property. While the plaintiff was preparing to leave with him the heel of her shoe caught in a broken register, which was one of the outlets of the heating system and formed a part of the surface of the floor, and she was thrown to the floor with such force that she sustained a broken hip. The defendant owned the house and knew and assented to the practice of her husband meeting customers there and transacting business with them. We have recited the material facts that a jury could find from the evidence. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The case is here upon the exceptions of the defendant. The principal contention of the defendant is that she did not stand in such relationship to the plaintiff as would impose any duty upon her to exercise care to keep her premises reasonably safe for the use of the plaintiff.