Hudson v. Kansas City Baseball Club, Inc.

The trial court sustained a demurrer to Eugene L. Hudson's petition for damages for injuries received while he was a spectator at a baseball game. The question for decision is whether his petition contains averments of specially pleaded circumstances constituting negligence on the part of the Kansas City Baseball Club.

The plaintiff's petition describes the typical baseball diamond and grandstand, with the grandstand seats immediately back of home plate protected by a wire netting or screen. The petition alleges that the defendant knew "That in the game of baseball there exists the constant…