Gaincott v. Davis

Plaintiff, when a child eight years of age, was a pupil in the public schools of Detroit and defendant was one of her teachers. The regularly prescribed course included instruction in nature study in which defendant was the teacher. At least some of this instruction was carried on in a room adjacent to that in which the pupils were regularly assembled. This adjacent room is referred to as the conservatory, where various types of plant and animal life were kept and studied. The pupils were required to care for these plants. Some of the plants were in boxes suspended from the ceiling and were…