Greene v. Seattle Athletic Club
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Main, J., entered March 7, 1910, in favor of the defendant, upon granting a nonsuit in an action for personal injuries sustained by a spectator through a defect in the railing of a balcony.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
The respondent, a Washington corporation, was organized, among other things, “to give for profit and charge admission to athletic exhibitions, football games and *302baseball games, regattas, and running and sailing races.” On the 6th day of May, 1909, it leased the armory in Seattle from the state for one evening only, and gave an exhibition, charging an admission fee. The entertainment consisted chiefly of foot races. The portion of the armory used consisted of the drill room, about one hundred feet by two-hundred feet in dimensions, with a balcony about fourteen feet in width extending around…
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