Gooding

This is an action for damages caused by the bite of a camel. The defendant was keeping animals for exhibition at a place called “the Chutes.” The place in which the animals were on exhibition was commonly called the “zoo.” Among these animals was a camel. Plaintiff was employed by the defendant to look after, care for, and attend to the animals in the zoo, including the camel. Upon entering the camel’s stall to clean it, the camel seized the plaintiff’s leg with his teeth, lifted him from the ground and swung him about in the air, biting his leg so severely that the bones were crushed, rendering amputation necessary. For this injury the plaintiff brings this suit. The jury returned a verdict in his favor and judgment was entered thereon. The defendant appeals from the judgment and from an order denying its motion for a new trial. The errors assigned are that the evidence is insufficient to justify the verdict and that the court erred in giving certain instructions and in certain rulings upon the admission of evidence.

The answer admits that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant to look after, care for, and attend to the camel, that the plaintiff was injured, and that, at…