Legal Opinion
Bean v. Piedmont Interstate Fair Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 14, 1955No. 6939PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
This case, now on its second appeal, was brought by John Bean, a citizen of North Carolina, against Piedmont Interstate Fair Association, a South Carolina corporation, on account of injury sustained in an explosion of fireworks at a fair conducted by the defendant at Spar-tanburg, South Carolina. Various proceedings were taken in the District Court which are described in some detail in our opinion on the earlier appeal, 209 F.2d 942. The Fair Association moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that it is a charitable corporation, immune from liability for tort under…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Vermillion v. Woman's College of Due WestSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1916
- Piedmont Interstate Fair Ass'n v. BeanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
- Tri-State Fair v. RowtonTennessee Supreme Court · 1918
- White v. Central Dispensary and Emergency HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Buhler v. MaddisonUtah Supreme Court · 1947
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3Cited by5 opinions
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