Leduc v. Detroit Edison Co.

The action is for negligence in causing the death of James LeDuc, six years old. Defendant had directed verdict.

A vacant lot in Detroit had been used as a playground by the neighborhood children for some years. In the fall, the boys would cut and burn the grass and weeds, the city would flood the lot with water, and nature would make a skating rink. For a few days prior to Sunday, November 28,1926, defendant had been engaged in repair work in the street corner immediately adjoining the lot. In the course of its operations it used a work cart holding a supply of gasoline. The faucet was…