Reay v. Reorganization Inv. Co.

[1] This is an action for damages arising out of the injuries plaintiff received when she fell in a skating rink. There was a verdict and judgment against the operator of the rink but the court thereafter sustained the defendant's motion for a judgment in accordance with the motion for a directed verdict and, setting aside the verdict and judgment, entered a new judgment in favor of the defendant. From the judgment so entered the plaintiff appeals.

[2] The plaintiff, a young lady nineteen years of age, went to the Arena Roller Rink in St. Louis to spend a Sunday afternoon skating. The rink was…