Reinzi v. Tilyou

The plaintiffs offered evidence from which the jury might find the following facts:

The plaintiff Michael Reinzi went with his wife, the plaintiff Frances Reinzi, on July 3, 1924, to seek recreation on the steeplechase horses at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, operated by the defendant-appellant as an amusement park. The steeplechase horses are wooden horses constructed to carry two riders. They operate by gravity on an incline track 1,400 feet long and go up and down, straight away and around curves in sets of four horses each. A race is thus simulated, giving to the riders the thrill of…