Brown v. Winwood Amusement Co.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment in the sum of $2500. Defendants have appealed.

The facts show that plaintiff, who was a telephone operator about twenty-three years of age, was injured on July 14, 1928, while riding upon a roller coaster at Winnwood Beach near Kansas City. At this place defendants operated an amusement park wherein were situated various concessions, including the roller coaster in question. This device consisted of two steel rails laid two and one-half feet apart upon which small cars, or' trains of three cars…