McComas v. Al. G. Barnes Shows Co.

Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff by reason of the negligence of the defendant, Alliance Investment Company. The plaintiff was employed by the Wm. Fox Studio as an actress to ride an elephant which was used in connection with the filming of a certain moving picture which the Wm. Fox Studio was then engaged in making. The defendant, the Alliance Investment Company, was the owner of the elephant and its equipment, and on the day in question the Wm. Fox Studio hired the elephant, its equipment, and an attendant, or trainer of the elephant, from the…