Carlisle v. Sells-Floto Shows Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polio District Court. — Wm. H. McHenry, Judge. Action for damages to the estate of a child seven years old, killed by a team which was frightened by the unloading of the paraphernalia of a circus and the accompanying menagerie into the street, resulted in a directed verdict for defendant, and judgment thereon. The plaintiff appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
I. The defendant is a corporation organized under the laws of Colorado, and engaged in the business of making circus and menagerie exhibitions in different cities of the country, traveling by railway. It entered the city of Des Moines, May 17, 1906, having obtained a license from the city authorities to parade the streets and give an exhibition, and proceeded to unload from the train, in Southeast Fifth Street, where it crosses the tracks of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company, horses, Avagons, light and heaiw, tents and other accoutrements, elephants, camels, and animals in…
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