Williams v. Ralph R. Miller Shows

Mrs. Rachel Williams, in her own behalf, and as natural tutrix of her minor daughter, Donna Mae Williams, brought suit against Ralph R. Miller Shows to recover $10,000 as damages for injuries suffered by her minor daughter as the result of the breaking of an alleged defective "whirling swing" operated by the said Ralph R. Miller Shows in connection with a street fair conducted by the defendant in Hammond, Louisiana.

The petition alleges that the said Donna Mae Williams, on the night of April 26, 1941, while in attendance at the street fair, paid the regular admission to ride the "whirling…