Olsen v. McGillicuddy

Opinion

BROWN (H.C.), J.

This is an appeal from a judgment following a defense verdict in an action wherein plaintiff, a minor, suffered injuries by reason of a BB gun wound. The gun was owned by defendant, also a minor, and had been furnished him by his parents who are also named defendants.

It is claimed that the defendant parents who had given their minor son a BB gun and permitted him to use it were in violation of a Petaluma ordinance (Petaluma ordinance No. 756) 1 and that such violation was the proximate cause of plaintiff’s injuries.

The trial court refused to permit the Petaluma…