Buckley v. Valley Camp Coal Co.

SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

Mary Ann Buckley, an eight year old child, brought this action through her father to recover damages for burns which she suffered in a fire on Valley Camp Coal Company’s property. This appeal, taken after judgment upon a jury verdict for the defendant, complains of the District Judge’s charge to the jury.

*246The evidence showed that the defendants owned a vacant lot adjacent to the Buckley residence, the two properties being separated by a wire fence. On the lot, approximately twenty feet from the fence and sixty feet from the plaintiff’s home, there had been an outhouse…