Lichty v. Carbon County Agr. Ass'n

JOHNSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff brought suit against defendant agricultural association to recover for injuries alleged to have been sustained at defendant’s annual fair while plaintiff was a paying patron thereof which injuries are alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant’s servants in the manner in which they strung a certain wire from a grandstand to a pole, the wire supporting a heavy blind or shade to prevent nonpaying patrons from witnessing events beyond that screen. The case was listed for trial when it was agreed that before trial the Court should hear argument…