Kalberg v. Anderson Bros. Motor Co.

Murphy, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the District Court of Hennepin County pursuant to a motion made by the defendant for judgment on the pleadings.

The complaint alleged that the defendant operated an outside car lot in the city of Minneapolis and “did carelessly, unlawfully and negligently leave the cars on said lot with unlocked doors and the keys in the ignitions.” The complaint goes on to allege that on September 23, 1955, the defendant permitted one Richard Waite, a minor, to loiter on the premises; that said minor removed a key from the ig nition of one of the…