Carmichael v. Little Rock Housing Authority

Minor W. Millwee, Associate Justice.

Plaintiff,. Jewell Carmichael, brought this action against Little-Rock Housing Authority to recover damages for the-death of Lonnie Carmichael, her minor son (seven years- and eleven months old), who was drowned in a pond on land owned by the defendant corporation on A-ugust 13, 1955. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s proof, and upon additional facts stipulated by the parties, the trial court sustained defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. "We must decide whether the pond in question constituted an attractive nuisance under the undisputed facts.

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