Frye v. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co.

Plaintiff sued to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained from a fall while he was skating on roller skates furnished by defendant at a roller skating rink that it maintained at Lake Manawa. Defendant filed a general denial. Subsequently it obtained leave to withdraw its answer and to demur oré tenus. The demurrer was sustained; the suit was dismissed, and plaintiff appealed.

Plaintiff alleges generally that defendant, “for the purpose of stimulating traffic over the street railway lines,” and for gain, maintains a pleasure resort at Manawa; that it invited the…