SLEEPER v. WORLD OF MIRTH SHOW, INC.

No. 4465.

100 N.H. 158 (1956)

STEPHEN SLEEPER v. WORLD OF MIRTH SHOW, INC.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided March 29, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCabe & Fisher and Harold D. Moran (Mr. Moran orally), for the plaintiff.

Burns, Calderwood & Bryant and Robert E. Hinchey (Mr. Hinchey orally), for the defendant.

Richard F. Upton, as amicus curiae.


DUNCAN, J.

This action arises out of injuries received by the plaintiff when as a business invitee of the defendant, he attended an exhibition of wild animals in a tent erected by the defendant for the purpose. The plaintiff with his wife and two children entered the tent after purchasing the necessary admission tickets. He testified that before entering he also purchased some peanuts from a vendor near the entrance to the tent, in response to the assertion that ...

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