Waterman v. President & Fellows of Harvard College

On November 16, 1929, the plaintiff was admitted, upon a ticket bought by him, to a football game at the Harvard Stadium, which was owned and controlled by the defendant. The seats in the part of the stadium in which he sat were benches made of wooden planks. Each bench was considerably higher than the one in front, so that all might see the game. The plaintiff’s seat was on the topmost bench. His feet rested on a plank reserved for walking, between his bench and the one in front. Behind him, at a distance of eighteen inches from the- rear of his bench, was the cement rear wall of the…