Balaas v. City of Hartford

The plaintiff and a young lady by the name of Margaret A. Takeman were injured while they were respectively sliding and skiing in a public park under the control of the park commissioners of the defendant city. Both brought suit claiming that, under the circumstances, the city maintained a nuisance, and judgment was rendered for the defendant in each case. The plaintiffs appealed. The parties stipulated that the issues in the two suits were the same, that the record in the Balaas suit only should be printed and that the decision should control the result in the Takeman case.

The undisputed…