Dick v. Swenson

Appellee was plaintiff and appellant defendant in the trial court. It is averred in the declaration that the defendant “had the care and custody of his son, a boy about ten years old, and allowed said boy to have and shoot with an air gun loaded with shot, knowing that the boy shot around the house with said air gun loaded with shot, and that it was dangerous and improper to allow the said boy to shoot with said air gun loaded with shot.” Said boy, “July 31,1901, shot, with said air gun loaded with shot, into plaintiff’s right eye, plaintiff being, then and there, a servant in defendant’s…