Stickel v. Riverview Sharpshooters Park Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Willard M. McEwen, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
The Branch Appellate Court for the First District affirmed a judgment of the superior court of Cook county against appellant, in favor of appellee, for $3500 for personal injuries, and said Branch Appellate Court granted a certificate of importance, upon which a further appeal is prosecuted to this court.
Appellant is a corporation maintaining and operating a park, within which are amusements and attractions of various kinds. The park is enclosed and an admission fee of ten cents is charged for each person entering it. Inside the park exhibitions and attractions are maintained and operated by…
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- Thompson v. Lowell, Lawrence, & Haverhill Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Thornton v. Maine State Agricultural SocietySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1902
- Hollis v. Kansas City, Missouri, Retail Merchants' Ass'nSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- Higgins v. Franklin County Agricultural SocietySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1905
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