Howard v. Village of Chisholm

HOLT, Justice.

The appeal is from an order denying defendant’s motion in the alternative for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.

Defendant, a municipal corporation, maintains a community building wherein hockey and other games are played. It appears that admission is free to the players and to spectators. On the west side of the building, about six feet above the ice^was a balcony for the spectators, containing six tiers of seats. The front tier was protected by a railing about 30 inches high, made of one and one-half-inch gas pipe, one at the top and one half way down. These…