Coaster Amusement Co. v. Smith

Writ of error brings for review judgment in favor of the plaintiff for injuries received by the alleged negligent operation of a device known as a roller coaster.

The record shows that while plaintiff was riding on this amusement device the car in which she was riding was by some means caused to perform a sudden and unusual jerk and lunge and to sway with a sudden, violent and unusual course from one side to the other, which threw the plaintiff from the car and caused her injury.

Three questions are presented by plaintiff in error, defendant in the court below, as follows:

“1. When, in a suit…