Brinkley Car Works & Manufacturing Co. v. Cooper
Supreme Court of Arkansas
The court should have directed a verdict for appellant. 126 Mass. 377; 9 Atl. 790; 65 Pa. St. 276; 23 Kan. 347; 129 Mass. 440; 57 Ark. 18; 64 N. H. 220; 23 N. E. 231; 10 S. W. 593; 19 S. W. 216; 27 N. E. 773; 35 Ark. 615; 60 Ark. 549; 75 N. W. 735; The landowner is not liable for injuries to children trespassing, by reason of open and unguarded ponds, etc. 93 Mo. 422; 45 Neb. 467; 72 N. W. 316; 47 Pa. 113; 32 N. W. 223; 25 Mich. 1; 100 Pa.
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The court should have directed a verdict for appellant. 126 Mass. 377; 9 Atl. 790; 65 Pa. St. 276; 23 Kan. 347; 129 Mass. 440; 57 Ark. 18; 64 N. H. 220; 23 N. E. 231; 10 S. W. 593; 19 S. W. 216; 27 N. E. 773; 35 Ark. 615; 60 Ark. 549; 75 N. W. 735; The landowner is not liable for injuries to children trespassing, by reason of open and unguarded ponds, etc. 93 Mo. 422; 45 Neb. 467; 72 N. W. 316; 47 Pa. 113; 32 N. W. 223; 25 Mich. 1; 100 Pa. St. 144; Shear. & R. Neg. 598; 75 N. W. 1038; 52 S. W. 183. The instructions properly declared the law, and appellant is liable. 83 Pa. St. 332; 19 Conn.…
1Opinion of the Court
•McCulloch," J.
This is the third time this case has appeared here on appeal. The first appeal is reported as Brinkley Car Co. v. Cooper, 60 Ark. 545; the second as Brinkley Car Co. v. Cooper, 70 Ark. 331. In each trial below the plaintiff recovered damages. The testimony in the last trial is substantially the same as in the former trials, except that in the last the plaintiff denied that at the time he walked into the water he knew it was hot, or that he so testified at the former trial.
The court gave, among others, instruction number two asked by the plaintiff, as follows:
“2. If the jury…
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