Legal Opinion
Riehl v. West Farms-Tremont Corp.
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided June 16, 1936PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtDonnelly, J.
There are cases in which it has been held that the patron of a theatre or other place of public entertainment to which an admission fee is charged, is guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law in proceeding about the place when it is so dark that it could not be done with safety. (Schwartz v. International Vaudeville Co., 150 Misc. 582; affd. without opinion by Appellate Term in this department, N. Y. L. J. June 27, 1934, p. 3115; Foran v. Buffalo Palace Corp., 237 N. Y. 599; Pattison v. Livingston Amusement Co., 156 App. Div. 368.)
In Foran v. Buffalo Palace Corp. (supra) and in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Lusk v. PeckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- Schnizer v. PhillipsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Lusk v. . PeckNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Pattison v. Livingston Amusement Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- Weingard v. Putnam Theatrical Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
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- Lam Amusement Co. v. WaddellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961