Legal Opinion

Cruickshank v. Brockton Agricultural Society

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 29, 1927PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.

The plaintiff on October 8, 1923, having purchased a ticket of admission, entered the grounds of the defendant where it was holding a fair, and passed to a building in which an exhibition of dogs was being held. As an invitee she could assume, that the premises aside from obvious dangers were reasonably safe for the purpose for which they were arranged and adapted for the entertainment of the defendant’s patrons. Blanchette v. Union Street Railway, 248 Mass. 407, 412, 413. The benches or stalls for the dogs were separate. In front of the benches was a rope outside of which there was a space…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Blanchette v. Union Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
  2. Whittemore v. ThomasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
  3. O'Donnell v. PollockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
  4. McLaughlin v. KempMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Andrews v. Jordan Marsh Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
  2. Brooks v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  3. Rosston v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
  4. Cole v. North Danville Cooperative Creamery Ass'nSupreme Court of Vermont · 1930
  5. Splaine v. Eastern Dog Club, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940

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