Courtney v. State

Claimant, Lonise Conrtney, a minor, by Clem Courtney, her father and next friend, seeks to recover the sum of $2,500.00 for injuries sustainéd by her allegedly as the result, of the negligence of respondent.

Previously an opinion was filed in this case, one justice dissenting, denying an award. On petition of claimant we granted a rehearing, and we have now reached the conclusion that our original opinion was in error and that claimant is entitled to an award in the sum of $2,500.00.

On October 5, 1946, in the forenoon, claimant, then nine years of age, and a playmate, Gloria Jeanne Lntz, while…