Legal Opinion

Dinnihan v. Lake Ontario Beach Improvement Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1896PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, The Lake Ontario Beach Improvement Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Monroe

1Opinion of the Court

Follett, J.:

This action was begun July 6, 1892, to recover damages, under section 1902, Code of Civil Procedure, for the alleged negligent killing of the plaintiffs’ intestate.

The defendant is a domestic corporation and owns realty on the beach of the south shore of Lake Ontario, in the village of Charlotte, which is known as Ontario Beach. For several years past it has conducted a hotel on the beach and has several bath houses or rooms in which persons desiring to bathe prepare for the bath and dress after returning therefrom. The defendant charges twenty-five cents for each person using a…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Larkin v. Saltair Beach Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1905
  2. McKinney v. AdamsSupreme Court of Florida · 1914
  3. Davies v. Land O' Lakes Racing Ass'nSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
  4. Nordgren v. StrongSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
  5. Brotherton v. Manhattan Beach Improvement Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1897

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