Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Bicandi v. Boise Payette Lumber Co.

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided May 3, 1935No. 6037Published

1Concurrence

HOLDEN, J.,

Concurring Specially. — This court, many years ago, in 1902, in the case of York v. Pacific & Northern Ry. Co., 8 Ida. 574, 69 Pac. 1042, aligned itself with that group of courts giving approval to and which have applied the “attractive nuisance” doctrine. Nevertheless, the majority refuse to apply that doctrine to the ease at bar because, it is said, “High explosives may be locked up beyond the reach of children, turntables and other dangerous machinery may be so secured that children cannot injure themselves thereby, but this is not true of ponds, lakes, streams, and many other…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Railroad Co. v. StoutSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. McDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Best v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  4. City of Pekin v. McMahonIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Ramsay v. Tuthill Building Material Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1920

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