Roberts v. Ausable Chasm Co.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered June 7, 1973 in Clinton County, on a verdict of no cause of action and from an *980order of that court denying plaintiffs’ motion pursuant to CPLR 4404. Ausable Chasm, a tourist attraction in Clinton County, New York, is a natural gorge carved through sandstone by the Ausable River. The defendant is a domestic corporation which charges admission for trips through this natural phenomenon. On a clear afternoon in August, 1970, plaintiff, her husband and others, after purchasing admission tickets, commenced the trip which consists in part of a…