Anderson v. B. F. Goodrich Co.

Bell, Judge.

The issue raised by this appeal is whether a 10-inch chain with a sharp .pointed hook at its extremity dangling from the rear of a pickup truck properly parked on the premises of one of the defendants, is an attractive nuisance to children of tender years.

The attractive nuisance doctrine was developed for the benefit of children coming upon property even though trespassing. It has now been accepted in a great majority of the jurisdictions of the United States. 38 Am. Jur. 802, Negligence, § 142. See Martin v. Seaboard Air Line R. Co., 101 Ga. App. 819 (115 S. E. 2d 248) Shortly…