Baker v. PRAVER AND SONS, INC

BARRETT, Commissioner.

Franklin and Maysel Baker instituted this action to recover $25,000 damages for the wrongful death of their son William on March 17, 1959. William was four and one-half years old when he was drowned in a pool of water on land being developed by the defendant, Praver and Sons, Incorporated. The trial court sustained the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of the plaintiffs’ evidence and the plaintiffs have appealed.

The defendant corporation or its predecessor family-owned partnership developed the subdivision in Jackson County known as Ruskin Heights…