Davenport v. Oceanic Amusement Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Oceanic Amusement Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 12tli day of June, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury for $3,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 29th day of June, 1908, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff was employed to assist in the production of a spectacular performance at Coney Island, known as “ Fighting the Flames.” A five-story building is represented as being on fire; the plaintiff is taken from a fifth story window by one Conyes, representing a fireman, and carried down a- rope. At the same time other inmates of the building are jumping from windows into a netting. On May 19, 1905, while the plaintiff was performing her act, one Annie Leonard was employed to jump from a lower window, and on landing in the netting and in getting out of the same upon a coping…
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- Matrusciello v. Milliken Bros.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- Conyes v. Oceanic Amusement Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
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