Davies v. Land O' Lakes Racing Ass'n

Nelson, Justice.

Eichard N. Davies, trustee of the estate of and father of Thomas D. Davies, decedent, brought this action in the district court of Freeborn county against the Land O’ Lakes Eacing Association; Arthur Dutcher and Harold Dutcher, its managing officers; and the Freeborn County Agricultural Society to recover damages resulting from the accidental drowning of Thomas, a minor, in a drainage pit constructed as a catch basin by defendant racing association on the Freeborn county fairgrounds. The defendants, at the close of plaintiff’s testimony and again at the close of all the…