Dunbar v. Olivieri

Donald Dunbar, a nine-year-old boy, brought an action by his mother as next friend, to recover from the defendant in error, Olivieri, damages for injuries claimed to be due to negligence. Error is assigned on a judgment of nonsuit entered in the district court.

The complaint alleges, as a first cause of action, that on February 19, 1933, between 11:30 a. m. and 12:30 p. m., the defendant unlawfully, negligently and carelessly burned and maintained a bonfire at a place on an open lot readily accessible to children of tender years, contrary to section 804 of the Denver Municipal Code, which…