Gooding v. Chutes Co.
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Naphtaly & Freidenrich, M. L. Schmidt, and Ackerman & Oppenheim, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
This is an action for damages caused by the bite of a camel. The defendant was keeping animals for exhibition at a place called “the Chutes.” The place in which the animals were on exhibition was commonly called the “zoo.” Among these animals was a camel. Plaintiff was employed by the defendant to look after, care for, and attend to the animals in the zoo, including the camel. Upon entering the camel’s stall to clean it, the camel seized the plaintiff’s leg with his teeth, lifted him from the ground and swung him about in the air, biting his leg so severely that the bones were crushed,…
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