Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. Jamison

This action was brought by plaintiff Alexander Jamison, special administrator of the estate of Frances . Catherine Davis, deceased, against the defendant Stanolind Oil & Gas Company, to recover damages for the wrongful death of deceased. From a verdict and judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.

Frances Catherine Davis, the deceased, was a child of the age of eight years at the time of her death, and the action was brought under the attractive nuisance doctrine. There is no dispute as to the essential facts. The deceased child lived with her mother, her ten year old brother and her uncle,…