Skinner

Skinner v. Knickrehm

Good Law
10 Cal. App. 596·1909 Cal. App. LEXIS 324·102 P. 947
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 15, 1909Civ. No. 560.California1,728 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Allen, J.

This is an appeal by defendant Wm. Knickrehm Go. from a judgment and an order denying a new trial, the action being one by an infant on account of personal injuries.

It is averred in the complaint that defendants, who were engaged in moving a house through the streets of Los Angeles, attached to the rear of such house so being moved a wagon with heavy wheels, upon which was rested neither bed nor frame; that such house, and the wagon so attached and under the charge of defendants, were being moved through the streets very slowly, and that defendants left the wagon unguarded and unattended; that by reason of its slow movement, and on account of the absence of any frame or bed, such wagon became and was attractive to children who might desire to climb and ride thereon; that plaintiff, an infant of the age of four years, wholly unable to appreciate or guard or protect himself against dangerous appliances, was attracted to said wagon, and by the negligence of defendants invited to get upon the same and ride thereon, and being'thereon was, by the negligence and carelessness of the defendants and their servants, and without any fault on his part, caused to be jolted or thrown off of…

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