Shannon

Plaintiff sued for damages- for the death of her minor son who was employed in the playfield of the Golden Gate Park operated by the city and county of San Francisco. The defendants are the park commissioners, the park superintendent, the superintendent of playgrounds and the manager of the “Fleishhacker Playfield”. The cause was tried with a jury. At the close of plaintiff’s case the trial judge granted defendants’ motion for a non-suit. The appeal is presented on typewritten transcripts.

The deceased was a boy of fifteen years, who was employed on Saturdays and holidays in and about the “Fleishhacker Playfield”. On May 19, 1929, he was assigned to take tickets at the “Ferris Wheel” operated in said play-field and to start and stop the machine and to open and close the gates to permit the children to enter and leave the cars or carriages on the wheel. The machine was started and stopped by a lever located at the entrance gate where deceased was stationed. The operating machinery was inclosed in a shed on the opposite side of the wheel from the entrance gate and this shed, as well as the wheel, was surrounded by a high wire fence. A man by the name of Hancock had direct charge of…