Lockridge v. Standard Oil Co., Inc.

Appellant brought this action to recover damages for the wrongful death of appellant’s son, William Arthur Lockridge, eight years of age, by reason of drowning in a pond of water on appellee’s land.

The amended complaint alleged in substance that on June 16, 1945, and prior thereto, appellee owned ahd controlled, certain - lands in Whiting, Indiana, lying between two public streets, or highways; that the appellee maintained an excavation in close proximity to one of the streets, and that the bottom of said excavation was uneven, had drop-offs and holes seven to eight feet in depth; that the…