Powers v. West Virginia Board of Education

Ducker, Judge:

The claimant, Robert Lee Powers, Administrator of the Estate of Robert Lee Powers, Jr., deceased, claims damages in the sum of $15,000 by reason of the death of said decedent in a school building in the City of Chester, Hancock County, West Virginia, on March 4, 1966, the petition alleging such claim having been filed in this Court on February 20, 1968.

The facts appear to be that the decedent, a nine and a half year old pupil attending the school operated by the Board of Education of Hancock County, was negligently permitted to congregate, play and await bus transportation with…