Boll v. Spring Lake Park, Inc.
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
STOCKARD, Commissioner.
Defendant has appealed from a judgment in the amount of $75,000 for injuries sustained by plaintiff when he dived into shallow water at a swimming pool. In addition to challenging two of plaintiff’s instructions, defendant contends that plaintiff was contributorily negligent as a matter of law. We shall refer to the parties as in the trial court.
Defendant was the owner of Spring Lake Park which it operated as a recreation area. On June 18, 1953, plaintiff, who was then 21 years of age, and his girl friend went to the park, paid the admission fee of sixty cents each, and…
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