Phillips v. Butte Jockey Club & Fair Ass'n
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; John B. McClernan, Judge. Action by Mrs. G. Phillips against the Butte Jockey Club and Pair Association to recover damages for personal injuries. Prom a judgment for plaintiff and an order denying it a new trial, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; John B. McClernan, Judge. Action by Mrs. G. Phillips against the Butte Jockey Club and Pair Association to recover damages for personal injuries. Prom a judgment for plaintiff and an order denying it a new trial, defendant appeals. It is the duty of the owner of a racetrack or fair grounds to exercise reasonable or ordinary care to the end of keeping said premises safe for the benefit of those who come upon them by his invitation, and if any injury is occasioned by the unsafe condition of the premises which is known to him and not to them, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
This is an action for damages for personal injuries. The Butte Jockey Club and Fair Association is a private corporation which conducts a place of amusement at Butte, where, during a certain season of each year, horseracing for premiums or purses is carried on, and to which the public generally is invited and an admission fee charged. Within the inclosure of the race*342course, the association has an amphitheater or grand stand with raised seats for the accommodation of its patrons. In order to reach these seats certain stairways.lead from the ground to the grand stand. On August 18, 1910, while…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Fox v. ParkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Williams v. Mineral City Park Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- McEnaney v. City of ButteMontana Supreme Court · 1911
- Taillon v. MearsMontana Supreme Court · 1903
3Cited by17 opinions
- Ulmen v. SchwiegerMontana Supreme Court · 1932
- Robinson v. F. W. Woolworth Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1927
- Bennetts v. Silver Bow Amusement Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1922
- Brown v. Columbia Amusement Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1931
- Martin v. Northern Pacific Ry. Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1915
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