Meyer v. City of New York

The plaintiff’s intestate was a prisoner, voluntarily committed to the Correction Hospital at Welfare Island. While in the grand stand witnessing a baseball game, the grand stand collapsed, and plaintiff’s intestate received injuries which resulted in his death.

The grand stand was erected by the defendant in futherance of the policy of the department of correction.

Assuming negligence in the construction or maintenance of tha grand stand, is there any legal liability <?a the part of the municipality?

It seems to me that this case is ruled by the broad general doctrine laid down in the leading…