Leeright v. Ahrens

This action is by parents for damages caused by the drowning of their child, aged ten years, in a cistern on defendant’s lot, which, it is alleged, was left in an unsafe condition and on a place unguarded and attractive to children for play. It is further alleged that defendant knew, or by ordinary caré could have known, these facts. The answer was a general denial.

The uncontroverted evidence shows that defendant owned, and personally managed and controlled, a lot of ground on the north side of Papin street, west of Twenty-second street, about one hundred feet wide *119and running back to an…