Myers v. Hopland Union Elementary School District

COATS, J., pro tem.

The plaintiff brings this action through his guardian ad litem. He was a pupil in the Hopland Union Elementary School and was of the age of six years when he was injured by a fall from the schoolhouse porch. The action is predicated upon the claim that the school property was in a dangerous and defective condition because there was no railing around the porch, and upon the carelessness and negligence of the trustees in allowing this condition to exist. The court made no findings upon these issues but did specifically find that no verified claim for damages was presented to…