Jacobs v. Hagenbeck-Wallace Shows
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Joseph; Knowlen, J. Case by Alpha Jacobs, administrator of the estate of Crebillion Jacobs, deceased, against the HagenbeckWallace Shows for personal injuries to plaintiff’s decedent. Judgment for plaintiff; Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
(after stating the facts). Not all of the questions which the defendant says are involved are pressed upon the attention of the court, and not all of those denoted require discussion.
*861. The suit at bar and nine other similar suits were begun on the day the alleged injuries were received. Defendant is a foreign corporation. A large number of people attended the circus. The circumstances invited public interest and discussion, and the charges that the defendant’s agents did not properly secure the tent and safeguard the patrons of the show, and the respects in which they were charged with being…
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