Douglas v. Converse
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 226 and 227, Jan. T., 1914, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., Dee. T., 1909, No. 2181, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of John L. Douglas, Jr., by his next friend and father, John L. Douglas, and John L. Douglas in his own right,, v. John W. Converse. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Staake, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeals, Nos. 226 and 227, Jan. T., 1914, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., Dee. T., 1909, No. 2181, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of John L. Douglas, Jr., by his next friend and father, John L. Douglas, and John L. Douglas in his own right,, v. John W. Converse. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Staake, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The trial judge entered a compulsory nonsuit which the court in banc subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiffs appealed. Errors assigned were in refusing to take off the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Frazer,
In this action John L. Douglas in Ms own rigM and as next friend of Ms son, John L. Douglas, Jr., seeks to recover damages for injuries sustained by the son tMough alleged negligence on the part of defendant. On the afternoon of June 30, 1909, the son then nine years of age, went to the Devon Polo Field with other boys to witness a game of polo in which defendant participated as one of the players. The boundary of the playing field was marked by a board fence between twelve and fourteen inches in height. The boys first sat upon the low fence, and when ordered off…
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