Renno v. Seaboard Air Line Railway

It is important that we keep before us the precise question we are called upon to determine. As I understand it, the question is: Did the Circuit Judge commit reversible error when he refused to direct a verdict in favor of the defendant, and when he permitted the jury to determine whether or not the defendant had maintained on its premises the pond in question; was it an artificial body of water, attractive and dangerous to children who might follow their childish instincts, and, if so, was it reasonably safeguarded against use by immature children?

The question is raised in various forms of…