Wood v. Consumers Co.

On February 17, 1946, Walter Wood, Jr., seven years old, was drowned in a pond located on a tract of land belonging to the defendant. Subsequently this action was brought by his father, as administrator of his son’s estate, to recover for his alleged wrongful death. A jury trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for. $5,000 and defendant appeals.

The suit is brought upon the theory that the defendant maintained upon its premises an attractive nuisance and in this connection the complaint alleged that for many years the defendant owned a sizeable tract of land lying…