Carleton v. Franconia Iron & Steel Co.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1868-03-15

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Gray, J. The owner or occupant of land is liable in damages to those coming to it, using due care, at his invitation or inducement, express or implied, on any business to be transacted with or permitted by him, for an injury occasioned by the unsafe condition of the land or of the access to it, which is known to him and not to them, and which he has negligently suffered to exist and has given them no notice of. The general princ…

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