Legal Opinion

Eaton v. R. B. George Investment, Inc.

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 1953No. A-4003PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Calvert

The opinion handed down in this case on May 6th is withdrawn and the following is substituted therefor:

This is a suit for damages growing out of the drowning in a cattle dipping vat of Ginger Dale Ensley, three-year-and-eight-months-old stepdaughter of F. W. Eaton.

The pleading on which the plaintiffs went to trial shows beyond any doubt that the effort to establish liability of the defendant was predicated on the so-called attractive nuisance doctrine as that doctrine is held to give rise to an implied invitation to children to come on premises and play about unusually attractive structures.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Benoit v. WilsonTexas Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Dobbins v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Banker v. McLaughlinTexas Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Massie v. CopelandTexas Supreme Court · 1950
  5. Gulf Production Co. v. QuisenberryTexas Supreme Court · 1936

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Yarborough v. BernerTexas Supreme Court · 1971
  2. Porter v. PuryearTexas Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Texas Utilities Electric Co. v. TimmonsTexas Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Southampton Civic Club v. CouchTexas Supreme Court · 1958
  5. Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. PierceTexas Supreme Court · 1954

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