Holt v. School District No. 71
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered January 12, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a pupil through falling from a playground apparatus.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff, Vernice Holt, by her guardian ad litem, seeks recovery of damages for personal injuries claimed to have been suffered by her from the negligent maintenance of playground apparatus by the defendant school district. Trial in the superior court for King county sitting with a jury resulted in verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, from which the defendant has appealed to this court.
At the time respondent was injured, she was nine years old. She was then attending the school of appellant. In its schoolhouse yard, appellant then maintained a playground apparatus which, in so…
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