Browning v. Eichelman

This appeal arises from a summary judgment which dismissed an action, based on the theory of attractive nuisance, against house movers.

In May, 1965, Craig Browning, then six years old, was seriously injured while on the way home from school. This injury occurred while young Craig and a companion were exploring the interior of an unattended garage which had been placed on a trailer by the appellees-house movers. The precise cause of the injury was a collapse of a stack of heavy wood billets, one of which fell on the child.

It was contended that the house movers knew the garage would attract…