Griswold v. Ringling
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, M. Beulah Griswold, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Schenectady on the 27th day of May, 1914, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of the plaintiff’s case.
1Opinion of the Court
Howard, J.:
The defendants herein were the owners and operators of a circus. They were giving a show at Schenectady. Just before the performance started a fire broke out in the roof or canvass top of the main tent. The plaintiff was one of the spectators. She was admitted ón a ticket purchased by her sister.- She occupied a reserved seat. When she first discovered the fire she rose up intending to leave the tent, but ushers went along telling the people to keep their seats, that they were putting out the fire. Obeying this admonition the plaintiff sat down and waited a little while, but seeing…
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