Legal Opinion
Krause v. Alper
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 25, 1958PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBurke, J.
The infant plaintiff in this action, a boy then of 11 years of age, suffered personal injuries when he tripped over a wooden garage doorstop and fell while playing basketball with the defendants’ son and two other boys, in the rear of the driveway of the premises owned and occupied by the defendants.
*520The young son of the defendants had invited the three boys to join him in a game of basketball in the defendants’ backyard, where the defendants had caused a basketball hoop and backstop to be affixed to the front portion of the sloping roof of their garage. A similar invitation to play basketball…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Comeau v. ComeauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Higgins v. MasonNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Bernal v. Baptist Fresh Air Home SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
- Klein v. Ramapo Park, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
- Droge v. CzarniechiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1955
3Cited by8 opinions
- Basso v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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- Teitelman v. BloomsteinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- Arquette v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 2001
- Fitzgerald v. AlbaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
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