Mayor of Savannah v. Lyons

J. H. Lyons brought a suit in tort against the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, for personal injuries alleged to have been received by him as a result of the defendant’s negligence. In the petition as amended it was alleged that in 1927 and 1929 the legislature passed acts authorizing the defendants to construct, operate, and maintain a flying field, and all things necessary as accessories thereto, without the corporate limits of the city, to charge for admission and fees for their use, and to place employees in control of the field and its amusement and recreation facilities; that…