Spear v. Koshelle

During the summer of 1929, the infant plaintiff, then twelve years of age, was one of about seventy-five children boarding at the Maple Lake Camp, in Sullivan county, N. Y., which was conducted and operated by the defendant. The fee charged by the defendant for the infant plaintiff’s board at the camp was paid.

On August 9, 1928, all of the campers assembled in the mess hall for the evening meal. The infant plaintiff occupied the seat assigned to him at one of the tables. He sat with his back toward the door of the kitchen, which adjoined the mess hall. While thus seated, and without any…