Howland v. Tri-State Theatres Corp.

RIDDICK, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of a. District Court dismissing the complaint *561in an action for damages for personal injuries.

The appellee corporation operates a theatre in Omaha, Nebraska. Appellant is a resident of Council Bluffs, Iowa. On the night of his injury, appellant, accompanied by his wife and the wife of a brother employed by appellee as a stagehand, was in Omaha for the purpose of attending an auction. After the auction the party called at appellee’s theatre, for the purpose of taking appellant’s brother home when the theatre closed after the night’s…