Stickel v. Riverview Sharpshooters Park Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal .injuries Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon Willard M. McEwen, Judge, presiding. Statement by the Court. The defendant below, Riverview Sharpshooters Park Company, appellant, maintained and operated Riverview Park, a public amusement park, which contained within its enclosure various kinds of amusements and attractions. It charged and collected at the gates of the park a general admission fee of ten cents for .each person.
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Action in case for personal .injuries Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon Willard M. McEwen, Judge, presiding. Statement by the Court. The defendant below, Riverview Sharpshooters Park Company, appellant, maintained and operated Riverview Park, a public amusement park, which contained within its enclosure various kinds of amusements and attractions. It charged and collected at the gates of the park a general admission fee of ten cents for .each person. Certain exhibitions and attractions were maintained and operated within the park by owners of concessions from the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
The evidence tends to show that the employes of the concessioners were not under the immediate and direct control of the defendant. True it is that Paul W. Cooper, one of the concessioners of the Katzenjarnmer Castle, was president of the defendant, he nevertheless had nothing to do with the employes of that enterprise as president of the defendant, except to see that they were orderly. He had nothing to do with hiring or discharging them as president of the defendant. The question of liability is therefore presented whether the defendant as proprietor of Biverview Park is liable for injuries…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Nagel v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1882
- Barrett v. Lake Ontario Beach Improvement Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Thompson v. Lowell, Lawrence, & Haverhill Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Richmond & Manchester Railway Co. v. Moore's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Thornton v. Maine State Agricultural SocietySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1902
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- Babicz v. Riverview Sharpshooters Park Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1911