Eastburn v. Levin

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

Appellant, a boy eight years old, sued for injuries received in defendant’s junk yard. This appeal is from a judgment for the defendant based on a directed verdict.

Defendant’s yard bordered on a Washington street, and was opposite plaintiff’s house. Piles of junk, including discarded automobiles, were visible from plaintiff’s house and from the street. Usually boards were missing from the fence around the yard. On the day of the accident plaintiff and other boys entered the yard from the street, at a place where boards were missing, to play and to get automobile…