Hobbs v. George W. Blanchard & Sons Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, for negligence. At the April term, 1906, of the superior court, a nonsuit was ordered upon the defendants’ motion by Wallace, C. J., subject to exception, at the close of an opening statement in substance as follows : Tommy Corbin, the deceased, was a bright, active boy nearly fourteen years old. December 26, 1904, he was killed by an explosion of dynamite at Camp 38, on the premises of the defendants in the unincorporated town of Success, near Berlin.
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Case, for negligence. At the April term, 1906, of the superior court, a nonsuit was ordered upon the defendants’ motion by Wallace, C. J., subject to exception, at the close of an opening statement in substance as follows : Tommy Corbin, the deceased, was a bright, active boy nearly fourteen years old. December 26, 1904, he was killed by an explosion of dynamite at Camp 38, on the premises of the defendants in the unincorporated town of Success, near Berlin. The defendant corporation conducted extensive lumbering operations in Success, covering thousands of acres, and in the course of their…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The deceased was not, in a legal sense, the guest of the defendant. He was not present in Camp No. 38 upon the defendant’s invitation, either express or implied. The fact that it may be chargeable with knowledge that strangers frequently came upon the premises, and were suffered to remain there without actual objection, is not sufficient evidence that the camp boss was authorized by the defendant to charge it with the legal responsibility of a landowner to his guest, by inviting his friends to come to the camp, not for any benefit or advantage to the defendant in its business, but simply for…
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