Henroid v. Gregson Hot Springs Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; J. J. Lynch, Judge. Action by Edward J. Henroid, as administrator of the estate of Leo Henroid, deceased, against the Gregson Hot Springs Company. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; J. J. Lynch, Judge. Action by Edward J. Henroid, as administrator of the estate of Leo Henroid, deceased, against the Gregson Hot Springs Company. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals. Keepers of bathing resorts and plunges where the. people are invited to bathe must adopt every reasonable precaution and every reasonable method to provide assistance to any and all, whether children or adults, who may meet with any accident or misfortune while in bathing. (Larhin v. Saltair Beach Co., 30 Utah, 86, 116 Am. St. Rep. 818, 8 Ann. Cas. 977, 3…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
In 1913 the Gregson Hot Springs Company owned and operated a natatorium for profit to which the public were invited. The swimming-pool was one hundred and forty-five feet in length by forty-six in width, and, when full, the water varied in depth from four feet two inches to six feet six inches. Fifty-four feet from the west end a large rope was stretched across the pool at about the surface of the water, and forty-eight feet farther' east was another rope. By this means the pool was divided into three compartments. On November 1 it had been emptied and was being refilled, so that when the…
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