Swan v. Riverside Bathing Beach Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

This is an action by the parents of Helen Swan to recover for her wrongful death by reason of the negligence of *62the defendant, the Riverside Bathing Beach Company, owning and operating a swimming pool or bathing beach in the city of Independence. Various acts of negligence on the part of the defendant, its manager, matron and guards are alleged as the direct and proximate cause of her death by drowning in the swimming pool on Sunday afternoon, August 14,1927. The answer consisted of an admission as to the death at that time, the…