Pirkle v. Oakdale Union Grammar School District

40 Cal.2d 207 (1953)

253 P.2d 1

WILLIAM H. PIRKLE et al., Respondents,

v.

OAKDALE UNION GRAMMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Appellants.

Docket No. Sac. 6268.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 10, 1953.

Vernon F. Gant, Frederick W. Reyland, Jr., County Counsel, and William R. Mitchell, Deputy County Counsel, for Appellants.

C. Ray Robinson, Margaret A. Flynn, James A. Cobey and William B. Boone, for Respondents.

EDMONDS, J.

William H. Pirkle, an eighth grade student at the Oakdale Union Grammar School, sustained injuries while playing in a game of touch football. The chief ground relied upon by…