Easler v. Downie Amusement Co.

The defendant corporation exhibited its circus, known as the Walter L. Mains Circus, at Skowhegan, July 11, 1924. Just before the evening performance, while the plaintiff, Jasper M. Easier, was watching a ball game played by some of the circus employees, his right arm was broken by a stake which slipped from one of the players’ hands. These actions, brought by Jasper M: Easier by his next friend to recover for his injuries, and by Percy F. Easier, his father, to recover for expenses incurred, are before this court on general motions.

The circus grounds were leased of a local owner; and there…