City of Mangum v. Powell

The judgment was entered against the city upon jury verdict in plaintiffs’ action for damages resulting from death by drowning of their ten-year-old son.

Defendant here asserts:

“The evidence in this case is insufficient to sustain any sort of judgment against the City of Mangum,”

—and:

“The lake or pond in which Dwain Powell drowned, being a reproduction ■of a natural lake and not being equipped with any diving boards, docks, rafts •or other paraphernalia of any kind was not an attractive nuisance.”

The facts are as follows: In June, 1940, defendant purchased some 28 acres of rough canyon land…