Courtell v. McEachen

51 Cal.2d 448 (1959)

334 P.2d 870

DONNA JEAN COURTELL, a Minor, etc., Respondent,

v.

HAZEL M. McEACHEN et al., Appellants.

Docket No. L.A. 24383.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 2, 1959.

Murchison & Cumming, R. Bruce Murchison and Warren D. Allen for Appellants.

Frank W. Swann, Jr., for Respondent.

GIBSON, C.J.

Defendants, Mrs. McEachen and the administrator of the estate of her deceased husband, appeal from a judgment in the amount of $50,000 recovered by plaintiff as damages for severe burns she sustained while playing on a lot owned by the McEachens in joint tenancy.

A house had been…