Morris v. Sells-Floto Circus, Inc.

NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit at law instituted originally in the superior court of Durham county, state of North Carolina, by appellant (here referred to as plaintiff) against appellee (here referred to as defendant) and removed by the defendant to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina. A trial was had in November, 1932, and after the witnesses were examined the trial judge directed a verdict, on the issues presented, for the defendant, from which action this appeal was brought.

The defendant is an Indiana corporation operating a circus,…