Firszt v. Capitol Park Realty Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in the maintenance and operation of an “aeroplane swing” in its amusement park, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Maltbie, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $10,000, and appeal by the defendant. Error and new trial ordered.
1Opinion of the CourtKeeler, J.
It appears from the facts admitted by the pleadings, that the defendant on June 5th, 1921, owned and operated an amusement park in the City of Hartford, and invited the public to visit the same and patronize various forms of amusement therein provided. Among them was a device known as an “aeroplane swing,” consisting of cars made to resemblé aeroplanes, each of which cars accommodated four persons. Each person riding in one of the cars was charged ten cents—government tax included. Each car was suspended by four steel cables, each fastened at one end to each of the four corners of each swing…
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