Polk v. Laurel Hill Cemetery Assn.
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. Geo. A. Sturtevant, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
Plaintiff brought the action to recover damr ages for the death of his son by drowning in a reservoir maintained by defendant in its cemetery in the city of San Francisco. A demurrer to the complaint was sustained, plaintiff elected not to amend, and judgment was entered in favor of defendant for costs, from which judgment plaintiff appeals.
The complaint alleges that defendant is a corporation; that, at the time of his death, William Henry Polk was a minor of the age of eight years and was the son of plaintiff; that defendant, for many years, has maintained in San Francisco a public cemetery;…
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