Phillips v. Wisconsin State Agricultural Society

This action was brought by the appellant to recover damages for an injury sustained by him upon the fair grounds at the annual fair of the respondent society. The appellant was injured while stepping over a revolving line of shafting on said fair grounds. The proof shows that the shafting, at the place where the injury happened, was about eighteen inches above the ground; that at the time the appellant stepped over the same he had on a long overcoat, unbuttoned, and considerable wind was blowing. This *402overcoat was in. some way caught by the revolving shaft, and the appellant was thrown down…