Mayor of Baltimore v. State

The appeal in this case is from a judgment entered in the Baltimore City Court, in favor of the equitable plaintiffs, the father and mother of William Wallace Ahrens, an infant slightly over ten years of age, for the loss of services of said infant, by reason of his death; the immediate cause of which was that of drowning.

The record shows that on May 21st, 1933, the deceased, accompanied by several other boys, journeyed to Gwynns Falls, a natural stream flowing through Gwynns Falls Park, one of the parks maintained by the City of Baltimore, in the interest of the public health and welfare of…