Eldred v. United Amusement Co.

The accident out of which the present proceedings developed occurred at the Oaks Amusement Park in the city of Portland, Oregon. The Oaks Park is leased and controlled by the United Amusement company.

Among the many amusement devices or concessions operating in the park is that known as the “Merry Mix Up,” owned by the United Amusement company and operated by Louis Orillo and E. H. Bollinger. The apparatus of this concession consists of thirty-six individual seats or swings suspended by chains from a central pole which is caused to revolve by an electric motor controlled by an operator sitting…