Larrabee v. Des Moines Tent & Awning Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Thomas J. Guti-irie, Judge. Action for damages for personal injuries resulting from negligence. At the close of the evidence, there was a directed verdict for each defendant. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Evans, J.'
1. Negligence : negligence arising out o£ contract relation : strangers to contract. I. At the time of the injury complained of (March 15, 1917), the plaintiff ivas attending at Des Moines the state convention of a telephone association. The defendant Bittle was a photographer, who proposed to the association to take a group photograph of its members, and. for that purpose caused seats to be erected for *321the convenient sitting of the group. These seats, upon Bittle’s invitation, were occupied by a group of 30 or more; and, while occupied, the -whole structure suddenly collapsed,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Heizer v. Kingsland & Douglass Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1892
- Young v. Smith & Kelly Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- O'Neill v. JamesMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
- McCaffrey v. Mossberg & Granville Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1901
- Simons v. GregoryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1905
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- Anderson v. LintonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
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