GOUGH v. WADHAMS MILLS GRANGE NO. 1015


279 A.D. 825 (1952)

Amy Gough, Appellant, v. Wadhams Mills Grange No. 1015, P. of H., Respondent Vernon M. Gough, Appellant, v. Wadhams Mills Grange No. 1015, P. of H., Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

January 9, 1952.


Plaintiff, Amy Gough, was a paying guest at a square dance held in the hall of the defendant. While taking part in one of the square dances she fell and was injured. As a matter of law this plaintiff accepted the ordinary risks attendant upon dancing upon a floor prepared in the customary manner of dancing, but she did not accept the risk of dancing upon a floor that was excessively slippery. We think her proof raised an issue of fact as to whether the floor, in the vicinity...

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