Banker v. McLaughlin

MURRAY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Orange county in favor of James McLaughlin, appellee, against PI. F. Banker, appellant, for damages for the death of the minor son of the appellee, who was drowned in a large pit of water located in Forest Park Subdivision in Orange county, on land owned by the appellant.

The appellant owned a 60 acre tract of land in Orange county, several miles west of Orange, and subdivided into lots and blocks, which were sold as homesites.- At the time the little boy was drowned in June, 1945, there were approximately 50 families…