Murphy v. Electric Park Amusement Co.

This is an action in damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received from a device, or slide, connected with, and part of a concession in an amusement park.. Defendant Electric Park Amusement Company, a corporation, is the lessee of a certain tract of ground which is devoted to public park purposes and public amusements in the City of Kansas City, Missouri, and commonly known as Electric Park. Certain parts of said leasehold are subleased on a basis of thirty per cent of the gross receipts as rental therefor.

Defendant Brainerd and one MeG-uire became such sub-lessees of a tract of…