Jorgenson v. Crane
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, French, J., entered June 24, 1914, upon findings in favor of the defendant, dismissing an action for personal injuries sustained by a minor while playing with a scraper, after a trial to the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
In October, 1912, the respondent, Crane, acting under a contract entered into with the proper authorities of School District No. 1, in King county, graded the school grounds surrounding the buildings known as the Ravenna school. In the performance of the work, he used, in *274moving earth from one part of the grounds to another, implements commonly known as wheeled scrapers. Roughly described, these were ordinary scrapers swung under two-wheeled trucks, the trucks having a tongue similar to an ordinary wagon tongue.
The Ravenna school was a school for the minor grades, and school was regularly…
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