TEBBETTS v. McELROY

No. 1865.

56 F.2d 621 (1932)

TEBBETTS et al. v. McELROY, City Manager, et al.

District Court, W. D. Missouri, W. D.

March 1, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cyrus Crane and Richard Righter (of Lathrop, Crane, Reynolds, Sawyer & Mersereau), both of Kansas City, Mo., for petitioners.

George Kingsley, City Counselor, and Marcy K. Brown and Joshua Barbee, Asst. City Counselor, all of Kansas City, Mo., for defendants.


OTIS, District Judge.

The plaintiffs are and for several weeks have been engaged in conducting what is called by them a "walkathon," which appears to be a species of endurance contest. They have offered a prize of $1,000 to that couple, man and woman, that longest continues walking. In each hour of every day the contenders walk three-quarters and rest one-quarter of the hour. They walk around and around in a small rectangular space about which, on three sides, grand...

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