Brisson v. Minneapolis Baseball & Athletic Ass'n

Plaintiff had a verdict for injuries received while he was a spectator at one of the league games played in defendant’s park. The defendant appealed from the order denying its alternative motion for judgment or a new trial.

For the game at which he was hurt plaintiff bought a ticket for a grand stand seat, but asserts that such seats were all filled when he arrived and that he followed a part of the crowd to temporary seats located outside the foul line behind third base. A part of the grand stand was screened. The bleachers and the temporary seats were not. Some time in the sixth inning a…