Roeckner v. Pence Drag Strip, Inc.

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Shelby County.

The plaintiff’s petition, which explains the nature of the controversy, provides in pertinent part as follows:

“That the defendant, Pence Drag Strip, Inc., owns and operates a race track on which automobile race drivers enter into competition with each other for monetary prizes, and at which races spectators pay an admission fee to the defendant to view said races ;

“That on or about July 7,1963, the plaintiff, Dale Roeckner, entered his racing automobile in a certain race at defendant’s track…