Chandler v. Massa

WEICK, Chief Judge.

Appellants, who are mother and son, have appealed from a judgment entered upon a directed verdict in an action for personal injuries sustained by the son when he, along with his teen-age brother and a cousin, were trespassing on fenced pasture land owned by defendants but leased to Whitehaven Saddle Club.

The defendants owned a 34 acre tract of land the easterly half of which was used for picnics, rodeos and dances and was known as the Oak Lake Club. The westerly half had been leased for five years to the Whitehaven Saddle Club for use as a pasture for horses belonging to…