Consolidated Lead & Zinc Co. v. Corcoran

COTTERAL, Circuit Judge.

The Consolidated Lead & Zinc Company appeals from an adverse judgment rendered upon the verdict of a jury in a suit of Karl Corcoran, a minor, brought by a next friend, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him on the premises of the company. The errors assigned are mainly (1) overruling a demurrer to the petition for failure to allege a cause of action, (2) refusal to direct a verdict for the company, and (3) instructions given and refused. We find it necessary to reverse the judgment, because of an instruction relative to damages, but as the other…