Lewis v. Sells-Floto Shows Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The plaintiff attended a circus, occupying a seat from which she in some manner fell and broke her arm, and brought this action to recover damages. She alleged, in substance, that the seats were constructed upon a framework upon which boards were arranged above one another, frames or boards being placed underneath at convenient distances for support; that the board upon which she sat was lapped upon another, “and that the ends of the two boards had nothing whatever beneath them for support; that the other patrons of the show sitting upon the…