Important to Theatregoers.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 310, 24 October 1888, Page 3

Important to Theatregoers.

The case of Bonsfield v. Harris, heard at the Westminster Court on 18th July settles, so far, a vexed question which has frequently exercised the intelligences of -'both theatregoers and those who manage ' places of public recreation. The principle" involved was to the right of a manager to refuse admission within his theatre to a person who had purchased a ticket, but who, declined, on presenting it, to conform to the rules of the establishment which he sought to enter. The plaintiff had secured his ticket some days befere, and on a subsequent night he desired to avail himself of' it. The ushers, however, refused to allow him to enter the auditorium, because he refused to resign to the temporary care of the cloak room attendant an umbrella which he had with him. It as stated for the defence that the plaintiffs attention was called to a placaid in the theatre, stating that cloaks and umbrellas were not acU mitted to the amphitheatre seats, and that this rule had been made for the convenience ot the public, it being considered very objectionable for persons occupying the stalls to have dripping umbrellas dragged over their knees. Plaintiff said the notice had nob been pointed out to him until after he had purchased his ticket. Further that a charge of sixpence was made at the cloak room for taking charge of an umbrella etc. ■ His Honor considered the notice a very propei one, and as the charge made for taking care of clcaks, etc. was reasonable, he gave judgement for the defendant. 'Hitherto it has been widely believed that a person who purchases a ticket for a place of entertainment creates a contract between himself and the pioprietor of the ' show,' which entitles the former to a seat under any ordinary circumstances whatever. It has even been argued that there is to priority of right to a resei;vsd seat, and that, in fact, the regulations of any management' cannot extingnish the rights of individuals whose money is once accepted at the doors, The decision of the judge in the case of Bons-, Held v. Harris gO6s to prove that this contention is quite erroneous. Restrictions and l'egulations assuring the comfort of the bulk of the audience are to be I'egarded as ; part and parcel of the orignal contract be tween the management and the ticket buyer, and such contract can be rescinded. if the latter declines to comply with these reasonable requirements.

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