Show K V THE READERS COURTROOM make bridges sate sak for elephants ele phanes by will bernard A if on an elephant falls through a bridi bridge ls Is the city liable every spring a travelling tra velling circus stopped in a certain small town to put on its iti show the day before the opening the company would stage a parade headed by a live five ton elephant the parade route which was approved by city officials led over an old wooden bridge one spring day during the parade everything went along fine until t the animals came to the bridge the elephant took a few steps into the structure when all of a sudden it cracked beneath his weight the tha hugo huge beast dropped through tile the hole to a road below and rolled over dead tho the owner of the circus later sued thit tha town for or the value of the elephant the local officials insisted that anybody who puts an elephant on a bridge does oo BO at his own risk but the court disagreed holding the town liable the judge said that a public bridge should bo be kept safe for or any proper and lawful use thereof 0 A wealthy manufacturer gave his church i a gift a huge tron iron boil bell grateful Grai efu church officials ciali begar began us ifie ieng the bell not only for services iau bu also to toll the hours from early morning to late at night the mighty chimes rolled out oui over the neighborhood some of the neigh bors bori found this very annoying and finally aballi one homo home owner took the matter to court ila ha complained that tho the chimes woke his bl children drowned out conversation and eyen even shook his bis house tho the court ordered its it sc i clamor lamor stilled stil ltd are arc the parents to blame if a child runs into tho the street A mother told her five year old son to play in hla his room until she sha finished cooking dinner after a few minutes the tha boy became becala bored ile iio slipped out of tho the house and ran into the street right in front ot of a speeding car the youngster ster was killed and his parents later sued tho the driver tor for reckless ness the man tried to shift tho the blamo blame onto the boys mother saying it was her own fault for letting the child run into the street how ever the court felt otherwise and held the motorist liable the judge said that parents cant be expected to keep their children under lock and key or watch them every single instant ills his honor commented parents are ara not required to do the impossible 1 should a policeman rido ride on your running board to to guide bouto the hospital A woman stopped her sedan alongside a traffic officer and said im taking my aunt to the hospital could you tell me how to got get there the policeman lumped jumped onto tho the running board end and cred cried straight aheady after drI driving vInga B AH 0 ff few blocks tile the woman made a sharp stop at a corner and the policeman tumbled off breaking hla his leg later he sued the woman for dani damages ages but the court turned down his bis claim the judge juilee said that even a policeman should jt risk riding on the running board when it would bo be just as an easy for him to i get |