Schofield v. Wood
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort, for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiffs respectively by the falling of the guard rail in front of the gallery in a building in Fall River owned and maintained by the defendant, during the progress of a game of polo therein, at which the plaintiffs were spectators for hire.
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Two actions of tort, for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiffs respectively by the falling of the guard rail in front of the gallery in a building in Fall River owned and maintained by the defendant, during the progress of a game of polo therein, at which the plaintiffs were spectators for hire. At the trial of the cases together in the Superior Court, before Maynard, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in each case; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
These two actions were tried together before a jury. The plaintiffs are persons who bought tickets and were present as spectators at a polo game in a building or hall erected and maintained by the defendant, who was licensed to give public exhibitions in it. The defendant received fifty dollars a,night for the use of the hall and one half of the receipts for admission after the expenses were paid, the other half going to the managers of the polo team. The attendants at the hall were in the employ of the defendant, and the defendant was himself present. At the close of the evidence the…
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