Simkins v. Dowis

This action was instituted by Donald Simldns, a minor, by his mother and next friend, Elizabeth Simldns, against E. T. Dowis for recovery of damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff while playing with other children on defendant’s merry-go-round in the city of Sterling, Colorado. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant negligently permitted the merry-go-round, at the time only partially installed, to remain unguarded and unprotected, although the defendant knew that the machinery was in a dangerous condition and liable to cause damage and injury to children who naturally would be…