Couris v. Casco Amusement Corp.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries received on November 25,1951, in Peabody when a seat in a theatre maintained and operated by the defendant collapsed. There was evidence that while the plaintiff, who was a ticket holder, was “watching the show,” the seat in which he was sitting “suddenly collapsed,” and he fell to the floor. A bolt which had come out of the seat was later found. The seat was one of the five hundred or six hundred wooden seats which were provided for patrons. “[XTjhildren would come into the theatre building sometimes to play and break the seats.” On…