White v. Kanawha City Co.

Rose, Judge:

The declarations in these two cases are precisely alike, except that in the White case the deceased youth is alleged to have been twelve years of age, while in the Aus tin case the age of the deceased is fourteen years, and in the latter case the death of the deceased in the White case is pleaded as tending to show knowledge on the part of the defendant of the dangerous character of its premises. The cases, therefore, were argued and submitted together.

The actions were brought in the court of common pleas of Kanawha County. Identical demurrers to the declarations were interposed…