Smith v. County of San Mateo

Plaintiff has appealed from an adverse judgment in an action for damages for the wrongful death of his minor son.

The death occurred while the minor was a member of a summer camp conducted by the defendant Young Men’s Christian Association (as to said defendant the action was dismissed with prejudice) in a public park maintained by the defendant county of San Mateo. At the time of the accident the child was sleeping in a cabin in the park. A large redwood tree, without any disclosed external cause, fell across the cabin causing the fatal injury. The injury occurred on June 22, 1939. A claim…