Sullivan v. Ridgway Construction Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff while in a place of amusement called the “Pit,” maintained by the defendant at Revere Beach in Revere. Writ dated July 24, 1918. In the Superior Court, the action was tried before Morion, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence, the judge ordered a verdict for the defendant and reported the action to this court for determination.
1Opinion of the CourtJenney, J.
George M. Sullivan, who was nineteen years old at the time of the accident hereinafter described, seeks to recover damages from the defendant, Ridgway Construction Company, for an injury to his right ankle received on Sunday, July 7, 1918, and caused by “jumping from a revolving belt at the bottom of a chute or slide” in a place of amusement known as the “Pit” at Revere Beach in the city of Revere. This place of amusement *76contained “a revolving wheel, centrifugal whirl, a blower, and the chute or slide on which the plaintiff claimed to have been injured. The entrance to this chute or slide is…
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