Legal Opinion
Rickard v. Farmers' Museum, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 19, 1954PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
Defendant operates a public museum near Cooperstown, hi". Y., to which admission is charged. The complaint alleges that on October 11,1948, plaintiff purchased an admission ticket to the museum, and while viewing an exhibit from a platform reached by three or four steps from the ground level, the platform and steps collapsed, throwing plaintiff to the floor and resulting in her injury.
The action was instituted by service of summons on December 16,1952, more than four years after the alleged causes of action arose. The complaint alleges two causes of action, the first based upon a breach of an…
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- Loehr v. East Side Omnibus Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1940
- Loehr v. East Side Omnibus CorporationNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Hermes v. Westchester Racing Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
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